Immediate gratification is taught by our culture. We have fast foods, instant answers, and microwave meals. Our children learn from TV that major problems can be solved in half-hour sitcoms.<\/p>\n
Gratifying our wants may bring momentary pleasure, but the fun is short-lived. Afterwards, the long-term pain can bring tragic consequences.<\/p>\n
Instant credit brings long-term debt. Short-term sexual gratification can bring long-term sexually transmitted disease and emotional pain in a future marriage relationship. Short-term sugar brings long-term fat and the health problems associated with it. In other words, giving a child what she wants just to \u201cshut her up\u201d will never teach a child the virtues of patience, deliberate choice, and long-term blessings.<\/p>\n
Obeying a boundary and keeping a contract may delay a child\u2019s wants. But that obedience can meet a child\u2019s need for long-term maturity and spiritual growth.<\/p>\n
However, discipline that teaches takes time, effort, and patience. The fruit is character.<\/p>\n
Permissiveness requires little thought and no patience, and brings instant pleasure. However, the long-term fruit is lack of character in a child.<\/p>\n
As a parent, be willing to pay the price of godly discipline. It may also cost you the short-term pain of time, hard work, and consistent effort. However, the reward will be great. All that you sow into the life of your child, you will reap in a harvest of godly character.<\/p>\n
And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope <\/i>(Rom. 5:3\u20134).<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Immediate gratification is taught by our culture. We have fast foods, instant answers, and microwave meals. Our children learn from TV that major problems can be solved in half-hour sitcoms. Gratifying our wants may bring momentary pleasure, but the fun is short-lived. Afterwards, the long-term pain can bring tragic consequences. Instant credit brings long-term debt. … Continue reading “18 DISCIPLINE ALLOWS SHORT-TERM PAIN FOR
\nLONG-TERM PLEASURE; PERMISSIVENESS ALLOWS SHORT-TERM PLEASURE FOR LONG-TERM
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