A BAND-AID
Today's reading: Jeremiah 42-46

"Fear not, Jacob, my servant, says the Lord, for I am with you. I will destroy the nations to which I have exiled you, but I will not destroy you. But I must discipline you; I cannot let you go unpunished." Jeremiah 46:28 NLT

We've all experienced the discomfort of God's discipline.

The memory that continually reminds of a regret. The scar. The sentence. The labor. The swats. The paddlings. The time-outs. The groundings.

This is gonna hurt a little, the Lord says--but it's gonna hurt Me more than it hurts you.

This is the consequence--but I am the reward for enduring.

This is the field I'm asking you to till, plant and weed--but the harvest with be grand.

Verses like today's are the band-aids that make the hurt tolerable, the pain less of the focus and the healing begin.

We all have our 'ow-ies'. We all, as His kids, have His promises!