√ Never forget the ETERNAL picture.
(Proverbs 23:13-14 MSG) 'Don’t be afraid to correct your young ones; a spanking won’t kill them. A good spanking, in fact, might save them from something worse than death.
(Hebrews 12:11 MSG) ... discipline isn’t much fun. It always feels like it’s going against the grain. Later, of course, it pays off big-time, for it’s the well-trained who find themselves mature in their relationship with God.