Title
Less Psychobabble and More Holy Bible
Scripture
He who mistreats his father and...mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
(Proverbs 19:26)
Devotional
I have little use for a disrespectful child, no matter what age; and I have a hard time with parents who permit it. We live in a society that instructs parents to understand their children. This may sound a little old-fashioned, but that never occurred to my parents. They were much more concerned with my brothers and I understanding them. When we began to deviate from the biblical training of our children, we began to seek reasons and excuses for our failures as parents. Today we have disorders instead of disobedience, slowness instead of laziness. We want a reason for the behavior of our children instead of responsibility. Therefore instead of rearing them, we give them Ritalin. There are illnesses and diseases, and these must be treated properly, but not replaced with godly discipline. What we need for the training and instructing of our children is less psychobabble and more Holy Bible.
Text For The Day
Proverbs 19:26: He who mistreats his father and… mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
Thought For The Day
“We have a society which is psychiatrized in the same sense in which medieval European society was Christianized, religionized—everything was a matter of religion. Now everything is a matter of psychiatry, from homosexuality, to heroin, to murder.” Thomas Szasz, MD, Philosopher, Psychiatrist
Questions To Ponder
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In the modern sense of the word, does God use psychology in dealing with His people?
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Do we at times rely more on man’s reasoning and understanding of the mind than we should?
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New age reasoning says not to use corporal punishment. What does the Bible say?
Morning Study Guide
Defining: Psychology” in its simplest form, the discipline of the mind, from Psyche, “breath, spirit, soul” and Logia, “the study of,” thus, the study of the mind.
Referencing: “Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not set your heart on his destruction,” Proverbs 19:18.
Applying: Yes, there are mental illnesses and disorders. Nevertheless, it would be foolish not to rightly apply the correction of these maladies offered in the Bible.