trust in the Father

I picture a father who has two children, mischievous and disobedient, and when he comes to punish them, he sees one of them who trembles and gets away from him in terror, having, however, in the bottom of his heart the feeling that he deserves to be punished; and his brother, on the contrary, throws himself into his father’s arms, saying that he is sorry for having caused him any trouble, that he loves him, and to prove it, he will be good from now on. Then this child asks his father to punish him with a kiss. I do not believe that the heart of the happy father could resist the filial confidence of his child, whose sincerity and love he knows.