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Consider who endured sinners, That you may not grow faint-hearted; For fathers are discipliners, So wrongdoings are departed. Because your struggle against sin, Unto blood, you do not resist; Because the lack of discipline, From the temptations that exist. You forgot the exhortation, Addressing you as His child; Which is an abomination, Of someone that has gone wild. The Lord disciplines out of love, Chastises sons and daughters; Receiving it from up above, Punishing in troubled waters. It is discipline to endure, The Father treating a child; For not resisting of the lure, From temptation that defiled. If left without the discipline, You would be illegitimate; And you will continue to sin, In which would be sealing your fate. We have earthly fathers to see, Our behavior we respect; Confessions in prayer make us be, Admitting to our neglect. They discipline for a short time, That we share in His holiness; Reminding us of our crime, Because of the love and to bless. Discipline has a little pain, Rather than a pleasant feeling; But righteousness yields to reign, As the fruit is more appealing. Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer Vote for this poem
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