Chastening has a few meanings. Each one we can apply to our lives coming from God. 1. To correct with or without punishment or suffering - same as discipline 2. To prune of excess, pretense, or falseness 3. To cause to be more humble or restrained The Lord corrects us, both in His word, and sometimes through the things we experience in life. We don't like to think of it, but sometimes a hardship teaches us a valuable lesson. Of course, the best correction, the easiest is stra
