discipline

A good friend of mine has challenged a group of ladies to do a biblical study on the word "discipline". We are to investigate what the concept means as it pertains to God's discipline of me; how I discipline my children; and how I discipline myself.

I'd love to get some purely Biblical input...not commentary by (even) godly men and women, but simply what the Lord says about it in His Holy Word. It is going to be difficult to ignore the memories in my head of what I have read outside of Scripture, but I am going to pray for discernment and wisdom.

I hope to post some thoughts on the blog while my paper is a work in progress.