Ezekiel 23:48-49
“I’ll put an end to sluttish sex in this country so that all women will be well warned and not copy you. You’ll pay the price for all your obsessive sex. You’ll pay in full for your promiscuous affairs with idols. And you’ll realize that I am GOD, the Master.”
“In this way I will put an end to lewdness and idolatry in the land, and my judgement will be a warning to all women not to follow your wicked example. You will be fully repaid for all your prostitution- your worship of idols. Yes, you will suffer the full penalty. Then you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”
Again, the Lord reminds us through Ezekiel, he does not send judgement to make us miserable because we displeased him. It is to call us home to himself, to the relationship for which we were made, where we may be healed and set free.
Lord, thank you for standing firm as a good parent. I know from experience disciplining children is hard work. Yet you never turn aside from your parental responsibilities. You set me free but faithfully provide the limits that keep me focused forward, on life with you. You are good!