Jon Bloom recently posted an encouraging article over at the Desiring God Blog regarding the discipline of God toward His children. Here is an excerpt:
“As a Christian, when you experience a painful providence like an illness or a rebellious child or a broken marriage or a financial hardship or persecution, do you ever wonder if God is punishing you for some sin you committed?…”
“It is crucial that we remember that everything God feels toward us as Christians is gracious. When God disciplines us it is a precious form of his favor. It’s what a loving father does. He is not giving us what we deserve because he “canceled the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands…nailing it to the cross” (Colossians 2:14). Instead, he is training us in righteousness. Because he loves us so very much.”
You can read the whole thing here http://www.desiringgod.org/Blog/1349_is_god_punishing_me/
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