To Be...Reproved
Not saying it was these two.
Recognizing that their children do not have cell phones, one of our sons wisely installed a landline for emergencies. Our number is on automatic dial, so if there is ever a need, a problem, or they are just having a lonely moment they can call us. Well, they did just that recently.
The whole gang had been banished to their rooms to reflect on their behavior. I don't know what the altercation entailed, but I do know they decided to sneak out and call us! They didn't mention that a reproving had taken place, they just wanted to chat!
Busted! I ruined everything by wanting to FaceTime and see a new hair cut one of them had.
So, I dialed their father's number. It was downhill from there. While he explained they couldn't talk, I hollered out to them, "I'm praying for it to be an brief incarceration!" The dad's reply, "You should be praying for their behavior to be improved!"
Studying this passage recently I found myself meditating on the part that issues a call to consider what our reply is when we are reproved. It is that response that shows the condition of our hearts.
" I will stand on my guard post and station myself on the rampart;
and I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me,
and how I may reply when I am reproved.
Habakkuk 2:1
When we steal away with the Lord we enter his presence with praise and thanksgiving and a heart ready to confess. If we don't know what to confess, I promise you, He will show us. I've learned to not cower from that reproving, but thank God that he cares enough to want to clean me up!
