Let us learn like Christians to kiss the rod, and love it.
— John Bunyan
Chastening
Mercy and punishment, they flow from God, as the honey and the sting from the bee.
— Thomas Brooks
God’s Chastening
God gives gifts that we may love him, and stripes that we may fear him. Yea, oftentimes he mixes frowns with his favors.
— George Downame