God's Goals For Your Roles: Devotions From Time Of Grace MinistrySample

HUSBANDS AND FATHERS: GOOD FATHERS DISCIPLINE IN LOVE Women love emotional sharing. Sometimes their husbands drive them crazy because they just don't seem to feel anything or want to talk about things of the heart. But, ladies, there is a huge upside here. Men can discipline without melting emotionally. They can insist on right behavior even when the kids think they are too cool, too busy, or too smart to have to endure this clearly unnecessary hardship. Happy is the family where there is a man who knows how to show tough love. God's view? "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" (Hebrews 12:11). Because God made males less emotionally vulnerable, they can ignore the squawking and woofing that always erupts from immature youth and not take it personally or cave. Isn't it a pleasure to be with children whose dad has spent the energy and time to discipline them when they were young? Paging all dads--your family needs your loving discipline!