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BS 55 - Proverbs 12:1

Proverbs 12:1
“Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.”

Oh boy, this verse has been such a key verse to me these past three months. I’ve been disciplined so many times over things that I’ve never been disciplined over before. The first time the disciplining began, I thought it was so stupid. It made me so mad and I really fought God and leadership. I didn’t understand why I was being disciplined over the little things that it was. As time went on though, this verse started popping up more and more. It hit me hard, I don’t want to be stupid. I want to love knowledge. I started praying about an attitude change towards discipline and correction. As the weeks went by, God changed my heart. It was a gradual and slow change, but I began to accept discipline and correction. I began to take it to heart and let it sink in. I began to listen instead of fight and let it change me. I stopped being so stubborn and learned from it. I want to love knowledge. I do love knowledge, but if truly did before, I wouldn’t have hated correction so much. 
Now, I’m thankful for discipline and correction. Especially over things I’ve never been discipline or corrected over. It shows me new things to work on and new walls to tear down. It shows me new areas in my life where I haven’t given God control. It shows me new areas in my life where I need to let God work in. I still have trouble sometimes with this, but I have more of an open mind. It’s not easy for me to let someone sit me down and lecture me over things I need to work on in my life. But I know that the more I grow in being ok with this, my relationship with Christ will grow so much more. 


Application: I’ll write knowledge>stupidity on my arm as a reminder that when I’m disciplined I’ll accept it. 

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