Stay at Home Mom

Psalms 119:114

“Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.”

So after waking up from a very odd dream, I figured it was time to write to you all today. Good morning, sis. I pray that you have a wonderful day.

Because of my weird dream, I searched for scriptures relating to hiding. The one above is one of the six that came up. This scripture took me back to sixth grade.

I remember being an unknowing hiding place for someone who did something wrong. I also remember being punished for being that hiding place. By punished, I mean paddled. I went to a Christian school, and that was one of the choices for punishment. It was that or write all of Psalms 119 one hundred times.

God is my hiding place from dangers unseen and unknown, but is it possible that I have become a hiding place for unknown and unseen resentment? Why, after all this time, do I still remember that feeling of getting into trouble for someone else?

God is working on before three in the morning. I had to expose the negative feelings I’m still holding onto about Psalms 119. It’s been far too long, and I know He has something to reveal to me in that chapter.

I want to avoid using scripture as a punishment for my daughter. God’s word is to teach the right way to go, but I don’t think we should use it to punish the ones we teach.

What are your thoughts? Should scripture be used in punishment tactics? How would you react if this is how a school chose to punish your child?

I would love to hear from you.

Sincerely Your Sister,

JJJ.