learning lessons the hard way

These days it seems my children are all learning lessons the hard way. For instance playing in the trunk of a car is not smart (this was discovered AFTER she fell out), complaining about sharing will not get you more it actually gets you less, and ofcourse crummy attitudes will not result in getting your way...in fact just the opposite. Parenting would be so much easier if our children actually listened and took in everything we told them the FIRST time around. Wow...that sounds so familiar. What if I, as a child of God actually listened to what He was saying the first time around?? How many times does He have to repeat himself or get my attention via discipline?? yikes....