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God's ImitatorsSample
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Let me get caught when I'm guilty
I'm going to share a secret. Parents don't actually like disciplining you when you get into trouble. I bet it seems like we do, though, doesn't it? Actually, one of the worst jobs as a parent is setting rules and making sure you follow them. Yet it's one of your parents' most important jobs.
I imagine you think one of the worst things about being a kid is having to follow the rules.
Here's the deal though. Kids who learn there are consequences learn how the world works--if you choose to disobey, you get grounded. If you don't do your homework, you get detention. You may not like consequences, but they teach you that when you make poor choices, bad things happen.
King David saw consequences a little differently. In Psalm 119:71 he writes, It was good that I had to suffer in order to learn your laws.
Just like you, I'm sure David did not enjoy his consequences as they happened. But looking back over his life, he realized it was a good thing to be caught, to be disciplined, all so he could learn more about what God says. His troubles brought him closer to God. And so will yours.
I'm going to share a secret. Parents don't actually like disciplining you when you get into trouble. I bet it seems like we do, though, doesn't it? Actually, one of the worst jobs as a parent is setting rules and making sure you follow them. Yet it's one of your parents' most important jobs.
I imagine you think one of the worst things about being a kid is having to follow the rules.
Here's the deal though. Kids who learn there are consequences learn how the world works--if you choose to disobey, you get grounded. If you don't do your homework, you get detention. You may not like consequences, but they teach you that when you make poor choices, bad things happen.
King David saw consequences a little differently. In Psalm 119:71 he writes, It was good that I had to suffer in order to learn your laws.
Just like you, I'm sure David did not enjoy his consequences as they happened. But looking back over his life, he realized it was a good thing to be caught, to be disciplined, all so he could learn more about what God says. His troubles brought him closer to God. And so will yours.
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About this Plan
These devotions for kids are designed for those parent/child conversations in which God's message is shared in day-to-day life.
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