Privileges of Saints: Profiting by Chastisement

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.

Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.