God's Fatherly prerogative, " is a kingly attribute so sweetly veiled in love, that the King's crown is forgotten in the King's face, and His sceptre becomes, not a rod of iron, but a silver sceptre of mercy—the sceptre indeed seems to be forgotten in the tender hand of Him who wields it.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening, Based on the English Standard Version
discipleship, intimacy-with-god, ministry, parenthood