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Discipline Paves the Way by Dr. Jim Wilbur, Executive Chaplain


     More than likely the question “How did I get here?” has probably entered into your mind as you think through decisions that have shaped you and made you who you are. It is very easy to “play” the blame game and look everywhere else to assign blame about your current situation. I am not suggesting that anything that has happened to you in your life is your fault. What I am telling you is that you are RESPONSIBLE for how you handle it moving forward.

     It is very important that as you learn to take responsibility for your own actions that you continue to develop as a person and begin to change the way that you think about your future.

     I have heard many people attempt to assign blame to God for their current situation or for not being there when they were hurt, damaged, or violated in their earlier life. I am here to tell you that He does not have a single plan in His person that is directed to bring harm to you. What I can tell you is that He loves you like a son or daughter and as a result of that love He will discipline you in order to keep you safe.

     Discipline is a word that we don’t like to hear and for many of us we don’t even understand what the object of discipline really is. Discipline is all about correction and empowering you to make better decisions as you navigate through the many ups and downs of life.

Here is something that I found that may help you:

“I did not come this far—nor to this place—alone, but in the presence and power of my God. The circumstances of this moment are not greater than my God. He knows them better than I do, yet He permits them. And He will overcome them—within me if I will allow Him. Mine is not to fret as though He does not know, or care, or cannot overcome. Mine is to walk on knowing that He is here. I am His by His creation, and His new birth. I am His to do with as He chooses—to bless or to use up, to serve or to simply endure. The day belongs to my Lord, and it is the only day I have to serve and glorify Him. And so I shall give all that I have and am that for this one day He shall be honored.” Author Unknown