Christian Reflection and Prayer

Proverbs 3:12, “the LORD disciplines those he loves,
as a father the son he delights in.”

So many people fall into the spiritual pitfall of thinking
that God is mad at them and that the relationship is
permanently damaged. In these cases, we distance
ourselves from God and not the other way around.
While God may hold us accountable, and even punish
us at times, God always loves us and is always close
to us. In fact, God especially loves those that He holds
accountable. As we read in Proverbs 3:12, “the LORD
disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he
delights in.”

Don’t think even for a moment think that God has
abandoned you because of your sin. God is with us, loving us, and
ready to cleanse us; it’s up to us to turn to Him. He’s
there waiting.

With prayers for shalom, peace,
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein