🔥 Kindling — Chapter 11: The Rod and the Staff

If you’re thinking comfort only comes one way, pause.

This is about what comfort includes.

Start with the first question:

When have you experienced Divine correction as part of love?

Think of a moment.

Something redirected you.
Something stopped you.
Something turned you back.

Look at it again.

What happened?
What changed after?

Move to the next question:

Why do we often resist discipline, even though it protects us?

Think of a time you resisted.

What did you hold onto?

What made it difficult to accept?

Now consider:

How can embracing both the rod and the staff strengthen your trust in Divine care?

Picture both.

The staff that guides.
The rod that corrects.

Where do you see each in your life?

Take a moment.

Name one place where you are being guided.

Name one place where you are being corrected.

Comfort is not only what feels gentle.

It is also what keeps you.