{"id":2233,"date":"2014-01-15T17:21:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T17:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/merebreath\/?p=2233"},"modified":"2014-01-15T17:21:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T17:21:49","slug":"receiving-and-seeking-correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/merebreath\/2014\/01\/15\/receiving-and-seeking-correction\/","title":{"rendered":"Receiving and Seeking Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><blockquote><p>God would not have to administer the correction if we were quicker to administer it to ourselves. God doesn\u2019t spank His children for the sake of spanking them, but rather so that they will learn something about themselves. But if they are quick to learn it themselves, if in this area we run ahead of the Lord, we are doing well. God does not have to bring external chastisement if we bring it internally first.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>-Douglas Wilson in <a href=\"http:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/quick-to-be-corrected.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Quick to Be Corrected<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God would not have to administer the correction if we were quicker to administer it to ourselves. God doesn\u2019t spank His children for the sake of spanking them, but rather so that they will learn something about themselves. 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