ISB ~ Hebrews 12 v5 - 6

A citation from Prov 3:11-12.

• The proverb teaches that divine discipline is inspired by divine love. Without this wisdom, one might mistake the trials of life (such as persecution; Heb 10:32-36) for signs of God’s anger hammering down on every fault and failure. On the contrary, God is a wise and caring Father who desires only to make his children better. It is because he loves them too much to overlook their sins and selfishness that he sends difficulties to train them in righteousness and to raise them to spiritual adulthood. In point of fact, the sons of God are being forged in the image of God the Son, who “learned obedience through what he suffered” (5:8) (CCC 2825).