As I'm sitting in my recliner enjoying a day off, my youngest daughter walks to me with her thumb stuck deeply in her mouth. She looks at me while her other hand was rubbing her chest. I asked her what was wrong and she pulled out her thumb, and said one of the most profound things I've ever heard a 3 year old say.
Wow. In that one sentence a person could preach an entire message. After I helped my daughter understand how much God cares for her heart and only desires to help her heart become stronger (I didn't want her thinking God goes around punching our guts out for the heck of it) I began internalizing what she just said to me. I think at times I need a good punch in the heart from God. What was probably a simple case of trapped air in my 3 year old daughter's diaphragm, became a message from God that spoke to my heart about the need to receive God's correction with joy.
but he who hates correction is stupid. (Proverbs 12:1 NKJV)
Has God "punched" your heart lately?
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