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The road to life is a disciplined life;
ignore correction and you're lost for good.
Proverbs 10:17
I have an acquaintance who has never grown up. He is in his fifties now, but still has to be the center of attention, still finds bathroom and sexual humor very amusing, still relishes turning one friend against another, still throws [grown-up style] temper tantrums, and still believes he is the fountain of all knowledge on every subject and thus always right. It is exhausting to be around him. It is also embarrassing to be around him, as he inevitably thrives on embarrassing you, and never seems to manage to embarrass himself (although you end up being embarrassed for him). I find that the safest route is to be around him as little as possible.
Discipline is an interesting word. Webster's #1 definition is: a branch of knowledge or learning. That would not be the first definition to come to my mind! However, I do like Webster's second definition better: training that develops self-control, character, orderliness and efficiency. In my everyday world, discipline is something that most people want to hand out to others (definition #5), but rarely accept or utilize themselves (definition #3). I like the idea of discipline as training - training me to be like Christ in character and in control of my emotions and reactions, enabling me to live a life that draws people to Christ rather than to me.
Discipline is an interesting word. Webster's #1 definition is: a branch of knowledge or learning. That would not be the first definition to come to my mind! However, I do like Webster's second definition better: training that develops self-control, character, orderliness and efficiency. In my everyday world, discipline is something that most people want to hand out to others (definition #5), but rarely accept or utilize themselves (definition #3). I like the idea of discipline as training - training me to be like Christ in character and in control of my emotions and reactions, enabling me to live a life that draws people to Christ rather than to me.
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