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Spanking
I heard an interesting comment one time while we were at a funeral home. I was kidding around with a young boy named Bradley, who is seven and half, I asked about whether he wanted his birthday spanking a little earlier or not. He made mention that he did not like to talk about spanking, for he said he got a "million" spankings. He went on to say though that spanking is something that kids all over the world know about. I thought to myself, how perceptive this comment is, that spanking, is a universal language that children all over the world understands. Several verses comes to mind.
Proverbs 22:15, "Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him." Proverbs 23:13-14, "Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell." Proverbs 13:24, "He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes." Now notice in the New Testament, Hebrews 12:9, "Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?" I guess one can see why spanking is a universal language. It is a teaching from the word of God, from thousands of years ago. Parents have seen the benefit and use of the rod of correction in the training and up bringing of children. Spanking, it has been abused and misused, but administered by loving parents, it is effective, and it is language that children all over the world know.
