Comments on: Now this verse makes sense http://aolff.net/now_this_verse_makes_sense.html thoughts on watching over the ways of my household, and other things... Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:51:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Joyinthepspirit http://aolff.net/now_this_verse_makes_sense.html/comment-page-1#comment-10446 Joyinthepspirit Sun, 20 May 2007 02:30:35 +0000 #comment-10446 Im shocked by my own self. How I could think I understand something... such as the shebet only to really understand that I didnt know the full meaning. Culturally I was taught "spare the rod spoil the child" and now im paying for that cultural teaching when chaos rises in my own house. Literally I have been misguided by people who were misguided themselves my whole life. The Joesph and the king of dreams clip really spoke to me. It did so because the explanation was clear. When the sheep strayed, Joseph did not use his shebet to beat his sheep to make him come back. He went after the wolves to protect his sheep and because he did not know how to use his authority properly the wolves pursued him and his sheep. When Josephs father stepped in with his shebet and he knew how to use it, he used the shebet to protect his sheep. My child is the sheep. :( Only I was taught the shebet was a tool to used to make the sheep obey (spankings). My whole life I was told this was right because this is in the Bible. Yet the true meaning was lost. How can a whole teaching be lost in a culture? Protect the flock with the Shebet, use authority wisely. Im shocked by my own self. How I could think I understand something…
such as the shebet only to really understand that I didnt know the full
meaning. Culturally I was taught “spare the rod spoil the child” and now im
paying for that cultural teaching when chaos rises in my own house.
Literally I have been misguided by people who were misguided themselves my
whole life.

The Joesph and the king of dreams clip really spoke to me. It did so because
the explanation was clear. When the sheep strayed, Joseph did not use his
shebet to beat his sheep to make him come back. He went after the wolves to
protect his sheep and because he did not know how to use his authority
properly the wolves pursued him and his sheep. When Josephs father
stepped in with his shebet and he knew how to use it, he used the shebet
to protect his sheep.

My child is the sheep. :( Only I was taught the shebet was a tool to
used to make the sheep obey (spankings). My whole life I was told this was
right because this is in the Bible. Yet the true meaning was lost.

How can a whole teaching be lost in a culture? Protect the flock with the
Shebet, use authority wisely.

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