John Rich

Pain.

Pain is the greatest teacher.

Pain is, I mean, he made the Israelites wander around out in the wilderness for 40 years.

Moses didn't even get to go into the promised land because he sinned, and that was his punishment.

You can go down the list.

All of them did something.

I mean, they're just humans, but he gives you, I've said this before, if God really loves you, he'll only slap your teeth out instead of your brains.

if he really cares about you, and you're a dad, I'm a dad, if our kids, when they're little, they're playing out in the road, going to baseball around or whatever, and you go out there and you're like, boys, you can't be playing in the street.

Come on back in the yard.

Okay, dad.

And the very next day, they're back out in the street, throwing the baseball again.

Are you gonna have the same demeanor at this time?

No.

No.

You're gonna intensify and you're gonna go, boys, I told you, and you're gonna grab one of them by the shirt and you're gonna march them back into the yard.

And then the next week they're out in the street throwing the baseball around again and cars are zipping by.

Now what are you going to do?

Now we're going to enter the phase of pain.

Something's going to happen that they're not going to want it to happen again.

And why are you doing that?