Micah 5, 6

My children can all quote this verse … “Hear the rod and who hath appointed it.” I used it when they were being punished in our home. If a child doesn’t get the message the rod of correction brings, the discipline is somewhat wasted or can lead to resentment.

You can’t necessarily be correct without correcTION. For instance, when driving down the road, you can wander out of the lane. If you don’t correct your vehicle, you run the risk of hitting a pole or another car (parked or moving) or some other tragic object. Correction MUST be made. How much more important is a life than a car.

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. [Heb 12:11]