53 Years of Marriage and Still Going

53 years of marriage today. My husband and I waited until I was 18 and he had finished college to marry in 1971. We were engaged when I was 16. I remained with my parents until he finished college except the few months I was away at college.

My husband paid for my two terms of college and the dorm room I was living in, until we married a few months later. He thought it would be good to experience a college education. He was right, it showed me that intelligence or wisdom didn't come from attending a university.

Over the years God entered our lives, changed us into new creations and directed our lives since that time when we were born again.

God was working on our behalf even before we trusted in Him. We have had many adventures, and changes and met many people, all of this grew and changed us and we continue to grow and change. Every day is a blessing because all things teach us even the difficult things.

Anyone who tells you they had a wonderful marriage for 50 years without any problems is lying or playing a role. Life is hard often for everyone, denying it to appear superior to others does nothing, it doesn't help others learn to trust Christ as they slog through life's challenges.

May we see the challenges and trials as blessings from God as well as the easy times. Both are present and both teach lessons, but the greatest lessons come from enduring the difficulties as God shows us the lessons that give us wisdom.

James 1:2-16 "2 Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials,

3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.

7 For that person ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,

8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

9 Now the brother or sister of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;

10 but the rich person is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so also the rich person, in the midst of his pursuits, will die out.

12 Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

13 No one is to say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone.

14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust.

15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it has run its course, brings forth death.

16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers and sisters.

17 Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

18 In the exercise of His will He gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures."

No one can grow in wisdom without trials. No one can learn important lessons without trials. Focusing on the happy times doesn't teach much to others. There are lots of happy times, but the most important times are those that teach great and lasting lessons that change our hearts and our lives.

Christ is the answer in life, the answer to everything all the time. Those who credit themselves with their life will miss the blessings of wisdom and godly knowledge that make every portion of life have meaning. And, when we trust Christ we have joy through everything, even though the tears and emotion that comes from the trials.

Weeping is cleansing, it is necessary to release the tension that comes from life experiences. Praise God not only in the easy times bur even more in the difficult ones.

Psalm 30:5 "For his anger is but for a moment,

and his favor is for a lifetime.

Weeping may tarry for the night,

but joy comes with the morning."

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The Holy Spirit is Enough for the Born Again Believer Trusting in Christ

Why would we need any human being to be an authority over us when we have the God Who created the universe living inside of us.?!!!!

If we allow any human being to be our authority we are usurping the Holy Spirit and practicing idolatry.

Spirit of glory (1 Peter 4:14)

Lord, The (2 Thessalonians 3:5)

God (Acts 5:3-4)

Spirit of revelation (Ephesians 1:17)

Spirit of the Son (Galatians 4:6)

Spirit of God (Genesis 1:2; 1 Corinthians 2:11; Job 33:4)

Eternal Spirit (Hebrews 9:14)

Spirit of the Lord (Isaiah 11:2; Acts 5:9)

Spirit of wisdom (Isaiah 11:2; Ephesians 1:17)

Spirit of counsel (Isaiah 11:2)

Spirit of might (Isaiah 11:2)

Spirit of understanding (Isaiah 11:2)

Spirit of knowledge (Isaiah 11:2)

Spirit of the fear of the Lord (Isaiah 11:2)

Spirit of judgment (Isaiah 4:4; 28:6)

Spirit of burning (Isaiah 4:4)

Spirit of the Lord God (Isaiah 61:1)

Breath of the Almighty (Job 33:4)

Comforter (John 14:16, 26; 15:26)

Spirit of truth (John 14:17; 15:26)

Power of the Highest (Luke 1:35)

Spirit of the Father (Matthew 10:20)

Spirit, The (Matthew 4:1; John 3:6; 1 Timothy 4:1)

Good Spirit (Nehemiah 9:20; Psalms 143:10)

Holy Spirit (Psalm 51:11; Luke 11:13; Ephesians 1:13; 4:30)

Free Spirit (Psalm 51:12)

Spirit of prophecy (Revelation 19:10)

Seven Spirits of God (Revelation 1:4)

Spirit of holiness (Romans 1:4)

Spirit of adoption (Romans 8:15)

Spirit of life (Romans 8:2; Revelation 11:11)

Spirit of Christ (Romans 8:9; 1 Peter 1:11)

Spirit of grace (Zechariah 12:10; Hebrews 10:29)

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Informed Judgments not Gossip

Amen, and, to pass through each gate one must have all the information and never from gossipers, but only from the source.
To be able to make informed judgments one must ask questions respectfully with love in their hearts. Those who love their gossip will never ask questions of those gossiped about, they will just enjoy the negativity and assume what they wish to believe.

Gossipers are more interested in connecting with the other gossipers than they are in truth.

Here is what love looks like:
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

Someone who is loving wants to get to the truth and does not delight in hearsay that ruins the reputation of others. Those who love do things to help not to harm.

Proverbs 10:12
"Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions."

Proverbs 17:9
"Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends."

Only Christ can teach us to love others the way He loves us.

The Bible is the Book of the Heart of Christ

1 Corinthians 4:6
"Brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not take pride in one man over another."

May Christians in our day ignore much scripture and pay attention to other passages to make the Bible say what they want it to say.
Taking passages out of context is common and distorts the Word of God, adding to it and subtracting from it is very serious.

The Bible is not a book of recommendations or some good ideas, it is a book of commands from God. He expects us to seek Him and obey Him.

If God Appeared Today, People Would Still NOT Believe… (They’d Say THIS)

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Eyes Wide Open Learning Every Day

For those who want to know the truth more than anything might want to ask God to show them the truth and expose all they believed before that is not Biblical.

Those who do this are amazing and excited about what they see that they did not see before. They are no longer in bondage to the traditions of men or the pressure of the culture to do what everyone else is doing.

This is when they will find out who their friends really are and how much they care about us. Those who love us will allow us to grow in holiness and encourage us in our quest for truth even if they don't see what we see they will appreciate our movement forward in understanding, and, perhaps even want to understand us.

When we find out something interesting or exciting from God's word we want to share it with others who are also searching and praying for the truth.

Not many people will have the desire to know truth, most are comfortable with their traditions since remaining with things they are familiar with will allow them to maintain their family and friendships.

Discovering more about God and His principles will lose us friends, even friends we thought were loyal, will reject us because we are moving away from the traditions of men and the false beliefs of the culture.

Mark 7:13 " 13Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”"

Notice God said; "and you do so in many such matters." When God began to open my eyes it was astonishing how many things we were taught by the organized church, that were not only not Biblical but even against Christ's teachings.

It was also astonishing how many "Christians," thought I was strange and someone to be avoided because of what God told me in His Word. Even using His Word to prove what I was saying was ignored or dismissed as just my opinion.

Many things cultural Christians believe have been added to the Word or misinterpreted to fit the culture around them. Also many things the modern Christian believes have been added to the Bible to make it fit the culture.

Some of the people will call us legalists for wanting to obey God. Even when I define the difference between legalism and obedience they still do not accept it.

Legalism is obeying man's rules God never commanded and obedience is following God's principles as shown in Scripture.

Revelation 22:18-19

"I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book."

Proverbs 30:5-6

"Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar."

Deuteronomy 4:2

"You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you."

May we develop a godly curiosity about everything we were taught to compare it with God's Word. God can open our eyes so wide that they can never be closed or dimmed again.

Who and What Do We Worship?

One woman placed a picture of a man depicting Jesus Christ on her wall. When I asked her why she had a picture of the man on her wall she said; "every time I look at that picture it reminds me of my Lord."

On a Facebook post I wrote some time ago a woman was offended that I didn't like pictures depicting Christ. I asked the woman this question: "what if you put a picture of a man on the wall that was not your husband and told your husband "every time I look at that man it reminds me of you", wouldn't your husband be offended that you were looking at picture of another man pretending he was your husband? Looking longingly at a man wishing your husband looked like that would be offensive, even a form of adultery."

The woman I write about here was a missionary for many years. She became angry that I would suggest that perhaps a picture depicting Christ was not only improper but an idol. I didn't say all that I was thinking, I was feeling the grief of the message she was sending others about idols by having one.

Matthew 5:28 "but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

When we longingly look at a picture of a man depicting Christ we are worshiping an idol. If we pray in front of the picture of Christ we are praying to a false god.

We were told in scripture not to make images of God. We know there were no pictures of people from the days of Christ, therefore any idea we had in our head about him would be an idol and idle imagining.

Exodus 20:3-5 "…3 You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath. 5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,"

When we have Christ living in us we have no need to "see" something to feel close to Him. How much closer to Christ can we get than for Him to be inside of us.

2 Corinthians 5:7

"7 For we walk by faith, not by sight."

What's next?, praying to that picture to feel as if we have communicated with Jesus Christ?

When we look at a picture of a family member we know that was really that person. But when there are many pictures of various men depicting Christ we know none of them are Him because there were no cameras in His day.

I am convinced God never left behind any artifacts or images of Himself because it is human nature to assign power to objects rather than walking by faith based on our trust in Him. Christ is Spirit and we worship Him in Spirit and Truth not with objects. Faith is believing without seeing.

Deuteronomy 4:16

"that you do not act corruptly and make an idol for yourselves of any form or shape, whether in the likeness of a male or female,"

This passage makes it clear that statues and pictures of a god to speak to or bow to are deeply offensive to Him, it is adultery against Him.

Isaiah 53:2

"2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,

and like a root out of dry ground;

he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,

and no beauty that we should desire him."

God didn't want people following Christ because of His appearance. He wanted us to trust in Christ and follow Him because He is God and worthy to be worshiped. God did not want anyone lusting after Christ as they would lust after a man who is attractive.

When we worship in Spirit and in Truth there is great reverence for Him because He is God not because He was physically desirable. All the pictures depicting Christ are handsome and attractive, not at all what the Bible says about Him.

Many people hang onto artifacts and pictures as though they are sacred even becoming angry with those who question the use of those objects. When we see this happening we know the faith of a person who does this is based on the object and not Christ Himself.

Obeying God's Word is far more than just saying we believe it is the Word of God, it is a matter of taking seriously everything He said to us to implement its practice in our lives.

Changing God's word to justify our own desired belief is a form of rejecting Christ Who is called "The Word", using His Bible anyway we want is to deny Him in practice.

If we say we believe in Christ then we ought to take very seriously everything He said and pray about the things that are not clear to us. It also means rejecting the false teachings of those who add to the Word and subtract from it, to suite their own purposes.

When we are not sure about something in the Bible we ought to be praying first and then read, if the answer does not come right away, I know it will because God will not deny His children wisdom if they want to hear from Him.

James 1:5-6

"5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind."

When we get answers from God after our prayers we can be sure that most "Christians" will come against us to defend their traditions instituted by men, their comfortable space.

I can tell you that when God answers the prayer for truth and only truth it has not always been comfortable because friends and family will not agree and will even reject us, however, t it is more satisfying to understand the principles of Christ and to walk in them, than it is to have friends who cherish and follow their traditions of men.

Mark 7:13 "13 Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”

When we follow Christ diligently because we love Him we will not be angry at a challenge to follow His principles, we will be excited we learned something new. In fact, we will be yearning for more of His wisdom everyday, our joy is full and we need nothing more than this to be satisfied.

Weary of the Lies and Conspiracies I Press on with the Gospel and Holiness

I grow weary of all the "natural food" nonsense I see on the internet because most of the doctors in white coats spouting all these things about food are not even doctors, they are fakes.

The internet is full of false information and foolishness and sadly Christians are falling into the trap worried about everything diverting their attention from Christ and the gospel.

The conspiracy theories I have seen that Christians worry about cannot even be proven. They don't know the people doing the videos nor do they even know someone who witnessed something for themselves. And, even if they say they witnessed something we cannot be sure they are telling the truth.

We are living in the days of deep deception in which everyone, Christians, non-Christians, are being continually bombarded with lies thinking just because someone says they are experts they are to be believed.

The internet has more deception on it than it does truth. My first question to those who send me all this conspiracy information is; "if this were true then what should I do with that information?

The answer comes back every time; "we should be informed." Then I ask "why?" I have no need of information I can do nothing about and that cannot be proved.

I have found good information on the internet about sewing, cooking, and building something, even how to fix a lawnmower tractor, these things we can see them do and try ourselves. It is a blessing to be able to find ways to fix things or new products available for everyday life. However, the news stories about all the things going on "behind the scenes" in politics, medical, food and science, we can ignore, they are mostly all fake.

I'll never forget the YouTube video that showed a man putting half a banana with half a kiwi fruit in a pot with dirt claiming it would grow a kiwi banana that was yellow on the outside and look like kiwi on the inside. It was amazing how many people believed it. It was total nonsense and the man putting up the video wanted to prove how gullible people can be while they tried this silliness and all they got was two rotten pieces of fruit.

I tried to convince someone this was nonsense and they wouldn't believe me but interestingly they wouldn't try it when I challenged them. They were afraid I was right and didn't want to be proven wrong about something that made them "feel" excited about this new information. They never tried it to find out they made the choice to believe it. This is what is happening to many Christians today, they are choosing to believe things they cannot prove and do not know the people claiming these things.

Satan has been very clever in using silly things to divide Christians and distract them from the gospel and growing in holiness.

I challenge believers to ignore the internet propaganda for one month and pray during that time to be cleansed from the addiction to false information that only serves to make them feel superior while they call it informed.

2 Timothy 4:3-5 "…3For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. 4So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.…"

It isn't just false doctrine we need to avoid it is also any kind of false information going on in the world. False information is the business of the father of lies, the devil, to distract, distort and frustrate believers so they will ingore the things of God written in His word the Bible.

We Can Choose Our Companions

Jesus Christ did not remain in the lives of those who didn't love Him and neither should we remain with those who don't love us.

The Real Symbolism of the Head Covering

The head covering on the woman is an expression of the woman symbolically as the church and the lack of covering on the man is symbolic of Christ.

The covering and the non-covering in the gender roles are pictures of Christ and His church. It has nothing to do with the submission wife to the husband. The wife walks along with her husband as her leader but she is not under him, she is under Christ.

No one should ever take the place of Christ in the believer's life, whether it be man or woman. The man leads by example and teaching not as an authority over.

To be the authority over someone else the man would be taking the place of the Holy Spirit.

A woman is the helpmate to her husband. Her job is to encourage him to keep going when He obeys Christ and to redirect him when he falters from the calling. She is his helper in all Spiritual matters.

Women are to submit to their husbands as we all are to submit to others in general, but only if those we submit to are obeying Christ. We are never required to submit to anyone who is telling us to disobey Christ.

A woman will stand before God one day alone. She will never be able to say "but Lord, my husband told me to sin." She will be accountable for her own sin and her own choices, obeying God or disobeying God.

As believers, we ought to be honoring and deferring to one another. We must evaluate what God is calling us to do and submit to others as God leads. And, at times we might have to resist submitting when God is not calling us to do what others are asking.

Acts 5:29
"But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men."

1 John 5:3 - "For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome."

The First Fruit is Essential to all the other Fruit of the Spirit of Christ

Galatians 5:22-23

"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."

Notice the first fruit in that list of fruit of the Spirit is love. Without love none of the other fruit can exist.

If someone is consistently unkind we know they cannot have the fruit of the Spirit because the very first fruit of the Spirit of Christ in a believer is "love."

To repeat: None of the other fruit of the Spirit of Christ can exist without that very first one!

My Facebook Friends Whom I Have Never Seen Face to Face

Some people say Facebook friends are not real friends because we have never met them or seen them with our eyes or had coffee with them in person. They are describing our relationships with Jesus Christ.

Paul the apostle wrote letters to people he had never met, inspired letter that live to this day and are written for us whom he has never met.

We have not yet seen Christ with our eyes or sat with Him in conversation, but we love Him and look forward to seeing Him face-to-face one day very soon. We talk to Him every day and seek His Word to know Him better.

All my born-again brothers and sisters whom I have not seen will be with me at the marriage supper of the Lamb, we will celebrate our marriage with Christ together. We will be together for eternity.

The greatest joy we have ever known with our brothers and sisters is coming, we look forward to that time when we will never again be separated.

We are one in Spirit with all our brothers and sisters! I yearn for the fellowship that is coming with my family in Christ.

Revelation 22:4-6

4 they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

5 And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illuminate them; and they will reign forever and ever.

6 And he said to me, “These words are faithful and true”; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show His bond-servants the things which must soon take place."

We can't see Jesus Christ with our physical eyes but we know Him and He lives in us.

Hallelujah!

Demons Hate Authentic Christians

Validation from God is all We Need

Often people will not make sense while intimidating us to be silent because they don't like the message.

I once corrected a man who was being rude constantly, to appear superior to others. I told him he was rude and that as a Christian he shouldn't act like that.

He told another woman what I had said to him and she came to me and told me I should not tell people they are wrong while she was telling me I was wrong for telling someone else they were wrong.

When someone irrationally likes someone because of mutual interests they are unable to hear anything corrective toward the person they admire.

As born-again believers, we ought to be able to see the truth about someone or about something someone does regardless of the relationship status. Corrections should make relationships closer and deeper if both parties are humble and honest with one another.

Proverbs 27:5-7

…5 Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed. 6 The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 7 The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet."

Many people in these days of hyper-sensitivity to correction see correction as a personal attack instead of love that hopes to cause a change in behavior which deepens realtionships and is better for everyone.

It takes humility and maturity to be able to receive a correction without feeling anger. If someone corrects us and they are right we ought to be grateful for the love they showed us. Unless of course they are angry people who just want to intimidate us in a power struggle. In the Holy Spirit, we will discern which is which.

However, if someone corrects us and are wrong or in a power struggle, then we have no need to be angry because we know it isn't true. It doesn't matter what they think it only matters what is true. God sees it all, that's all we need to remain calm.

It is human nature to want people to think well of us, this is what causes the rage that emerges from those who are insecure allowing their feelings to rule the day. People who are self-absorbed are immature, they don't have adult maturity to be able to handle disagreement. They interpret interactions either good or bad based on how they feel, not based on the information discussed.

Immature people will see disapproval as an attack and acceptance as worship. There is no rationality to their response because it is according to "feelings" and not facts and they love to be worshiped and validated by others.

As born-again believers, we should become so strong in the Lord that we do not need validation from others to do what is right. When we need to be validated by others it will cause hurt and anger when we don't get what we want from them.

Proverbs 29:25-26 "25The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high. 26 Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD."

We Don't Spank Adults Who Act Like Bratty Children, We Avoid Them

I know lots of narcissists who act phony all the time, they are all in the family system I grew up in it, as though they were trained to be like this by example.

Everyone deals with trials differently. Some choose to be mean out of anger toward others, a sort of blaming others for their pain. While other people resolve not to be like those who hurt them and want to act kindly the way they wish they had been treated.

It's all a choice, we are all hurt at one time or another, the narcissist chooses to be mean and vengeful, yes it is a choice. Those who are kind and loving choose to defy the way they were raised, this makes the narcissists in the family resent them and in their anger, they gossip lies to make the decent person look like they were the bad ones.

Narcissists are not people who think for themselves. They model the actions of others to be accepted by them. the one who wants to be different is targeted so that perhaps with enough rudeness leveled against them they too will react the same way, allowing the narcissist to feel justified in their own ill-mannered insolent mentality.

If the narcissist can polk at their target long enough to cause them to blow up in anger they feel they have proved that the target is as bad as they are, vindicating themselves of their own disagreeable nasty character. Just like the devil in the garden with Eve, his desire was to make God reject her the way He rejected the devil.

The victory comes when the born-again Christian realizes what the devil is doing through the narcissist and feels at ease not responding to the attacks. Christ is our advocate we do not need for the narcissist to validate us, in fact I would worry if the narcissist did validate us that would mean that I am just like them.

When we know the truth about the worldly narcissist we can remain silent and avoid them so that they can have no effect on our character.

1 Corinthians 15:33

"33 Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”

2 Timothy 3:1-5

Difficult Times Will Come

3 But realize this, that in the last days difficult (ragingly insane) times will come.

2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,

3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

4 treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,

5 holding to a form of godliness although they have denied its power; avoid such people as these."

We have to be at the point at which we don't care what others think of us as long as we are approved by Christ. We may even see the humor in the foolishness of the antics of those who are controlled by the devil. It is so utterly ridiculous it is not worthy of self defense.

2 Timothy 4:3

"For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires."

Are we offended when a small child is angry at us? NO, we see that the child is acting out but it is not personal, it is manipulative, we may even laugh at how silly it is right before we spank them for it.

We don't spank adults who act like bratty six-year olds we leave their discipline to God but we do avoid them. 2 Timothy 3:5