Funny, those old sayings you get sick of hearing always come around to slap you in the face.

So, I was watching a recent interview (post President-elect Obama) with President Bush.

He said something so obvious and true it hit me like a fish to the face.  He was answering a question on how he continues to live the life he has now. He openly mentioned his “wilder days” of drinking and not being as focused on life as he is now.  The word he kept giving over and over was “discipline”. He mentioned that he somehow had the internal discipline to stay strong when things were bad: The discipline to keep Praying and stay Faithful even when the easy answer was to “be popular”.

His talk hit home so deep in me it could not have been a co-ink-e-doink that I was channel surfing and stopped on that channel to refresh my diet coke.

‘Discipline’: Such a simple word with such serious meaning. Most people don’t truly understand the word discipline as it pertains to a Father/Son relationship. Most people think of discipline as training yourself to eat better or study harder...etc.  As we (people) became more self aware, and became more interested in controlling everything around us, we used ‘discipline’ to bend others to our way of thinking and acting. We didn’t ask cows and dogs and slaves...etc to do what we required, we used corporal discipline to make them ‘get-in-line’. We used the form of the word that people try to make believe doesn’t exist these days. I’m sure every single one of you at some point has been in a public place and looked over and said “that brat could use some discipline”.  Well, you are right, we all could use “some discipline” to keep us straight and attentive to what is important and not distracted the “shiny” things in this world.

With that in mind I come to now:

When you are lost and not in place of good form and you ask your Father for help in gaining the discipline required to obtain good form, be aware your Father uses the real meaning of discipline and not today’s lighter definition.

My point?

After watching GWB in his interview I looked at myself and realized the OCD, ADHD, Disciplined man that had done things and attacked issues had been replaced with a pile a fleshy selfishness and flab. When I asked my Father for the discipline to regain that vigor and fire to attack issues and to be on the front edge, I was greeted with CORRECTION first. See, discipline requires the immediate breaking of bad habits and bad attitudes. In our Father’s world, you must first go through correction in order to achieve discipline.  God doesn’t snap His fingers and grant you unlimited power to define yourself. God gives us correction to refine our actions. He gives us correction so we can reflect and remember what we were, and where we were, so we learn the lesson and not fall back.

Anyway..  my whole point of this was..

I ask for discipline and He gave me correction. It hurts, but I know I’m Loved!

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(from this column) Yahoo Sports

 21. Posted by marcus f Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:15 am EST Report Abuse
BCS DECLARES GERMANY WINNER OF WORLD WAR II
US Ranked 4th
After determining the Big-12 championship game participants the BCS
computers were put to work on other major contests and today the
BCS declared Germany to be the winner of World War II.
"Germany put together an incredible number of victories beginning
with the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland and continuing
on into conference play with defeats of Poland, France, Norway,
Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. Their only losses
came against the US and Russia; however considering their entire
body of work--including an incredibly tough Strength of Schedule--
our computers deemed them worthy of the #1 ranking."
Questioned about the #4 ranking of the United States the BCS
commissioner stated "The US only had two major victories--Japan and
Germany. The computer models, unlike humans, aren't influenced by
head-to-head contests--they consider each contest to be only a
single, equally-weighted event."
German Chancellor Adolph Hiter said "Yes, we lost to the US; but we
defeated #2 ranked France in only 6 weeks." Herr Hitler has been
criticized for seeking dramatic victories to earn 'style points' to
enhance Germany's rankings. Hitler protested "Our contest with
Poland was in doubt until the final day and the conditions in
Norway were incredibly challenging and demanded the application of
additional forces."

 22. Posted by marcus f Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:17 am EST Report Abuse
The French ranking has also come under scrutiny. The BCS commented
" France had a single loss against Germany and following a
preseason #1 ranking they only fell to #2."
Japan was ranked #3 with victories including Manchuria

I am  fan of those that think this BCS/Bowl thing is just really stupid, and I really enjoy creative ways to make it look that way.

Nice Job Marcus F!!