Daily Office: THE PURPOSE OF DISCIPLINE
Discipline has a purpose that is accomplished only when our desires are connected to what God really wants. We had been created with desires and passions which we expressed either emotionally or rationally. However, we have a tough time accepting that real transformation within our hearts won't take place just by saying NO to what looks bad or sinful. Discipline had shown to be useless when our desires are twisted because of their disconnection from God. If we repress a twisted desire, we make it stronger, if we resist an ill-thought, it becomes stronger. We must face the evil within us and around us with a new understanding. We should change that which is twisted putting in the exact same place a good new habit, the right attitude or desire, and passion from God to begin the real transformation. Meditating this morning during my daily office on how many times I´d failed to try to change something just saying NO and how my life begins a real renovation when I identified my desires ...