A final question as we consider our mistakes: If everybody makes them, and they can be a source of knowledge, something we can learn from, then why do we have to be punished for our mistakes? Or even be left to bear the consequences of them? When we break a rule, fail to complete our homework, are late for class—wouldn’t the loving thing be simply for our parents or our teachers to point out our mistakes and leave it at that?
C.S. Lewis observes us that love and kindness are not the same thing, and that genuine “Love, while always forgiving of imperfections and mistakes, can never cease to will their removal.”
As Proverbs reminds us, that means not merely pointing out where we’ve gone wrong, but correcting mistakes by discipline and reproof:
1 My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline
or be weary of his reproof,
12 for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
as a father the son in whom he delights.
When you are held accountable for your mistakes, just remember—somebody loves you too much to let you keep on being wrong.
Now, for the Friday Funnies:
This week is a short one (I’m afraid it is getting harder and harder to find good ones), but here goes:
What did the thesaurus have for breakfast?
A synonym roll.
Have a wonderful day.
