Stranger Praise

Stranger Praise Stranger Praise was an event cast to the people on October 20, 2024. Now it is the writings of praise from a stranger man in Abilene, Texas.

Praise the LORD, for He is good.

03/12/2026

In S***m Who’s Sane?

In the days of Abraham, S***m was a city. Abraham’s nephew Lot lived in S***m (Genesis 19:1). The residents of S***m were wicked, every last one of them, from the youngest to the oldest, no one did good. They said in their hearts, “There is no God.” They were foolish men and workers of wickedness. Their revolting outcry reached the LORD. The sin of S***m was great and their injustices against one another were grave; therefore, the LORD sent two angels to S***m to confirm if what He was hearing was true because judgement cannot be cast unless there are two or more witnesses. When the two angels arrived at S***m, what did they find?

Lot, the nephew of Abraham, was sitting alone at the city gate. When the two angels arrived, Lot invited them to stay in his house rather than the city square. Hospitable Lot knew that a park bench at night was not a safe place in S***m. In Lot’s house lived his wife and two daughters. They received the two holy men and prepared for them a great meal. At bedtime there was a knock on the door. It was the townspeople of S***m, young and old, wanting Lot to bring the two travelers out of his house so they could have s*xual in*******se with them. They wanted to so****ze Lot’s guests. The townspeople of S***m were not hospitable but wicked and deprived. They cared for no one but were like walking dead groping for prey. In attempt to spare the lives of his two guests, Lot offered them his two virgin daughters. This made them even angrier so they moved in to break down the door of Lot’s house but the two angels pulled Lot back into the house in the nick of time. The evilness of S***m was eager to consume the very last semblance of goodness in its midst. Absolute corruption corrupts absolutely.

As dawn broke upon S***m, the angels told Lot’s house to flee the city because it was going to be destroyed. But Lot delayed. He lingered inside. When the angels from God said “Get out”, Lot said “Meh.” He was like a man frozen in trance. So the two men seized the hands of Lot’s household and they fled the city. The seizing of Lot’s household was by the mercy of God. In His immutable compassion, and by His loyalty to His promise to Abraham, the LORD saved the remnant of S***m. God was mindful of Abraham and removed Lot from the midst of the upheaval. As they were fleeing the impending doom and destruction of S***m, Mrs. Lot looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, near the Dead Sea.

The three lone survivors of S***m fled to a cave. There, the oldest daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man left on earth to consort with us in the way of the world. Come, let us get him drunk that we may have s*xual in*******se with him, that we may maintain humanity through him.” So for two nights in a row Lot’s two daughters had s*x with their drunk father and thus were born Moab and Ben-ammi. From the loin of Lot and the womb of his two daughters were born the two nations Moab and Ammon.

What is the takeaway from this tragic story? For me, it’s that the LORD is in the midst of darkness. He Himself is not darkness. He is a light. His light shines in darkness, like the lanterns of first responders looking for a lost child at night. God is good and He is faithful to His promises. When the LORD makes a promise He keeps it, even when those He makes the promise do not hold up there end of the promise. When we are faithless He is faithful, for He cannot deny Himself (2 Timothy 2:13). The fingerprints of the LORD God’s right hand cover this story. When Lot paused, God’s great paw pulled him and his family out of the den of iniquity. God saved the least bad of S***m because He is good. Even more, from the cave of in**st were born two sons. And from Moab and Ammon came two great mothers of Israel. Ruth, the great-grandmother of King David, was a Moabite and Namath, the wife of King Solomon (David’s son) was an Ammonite. When the LORD said in Psalm 89:20, “I found David My servant” where did God find him? In S***m!

Jesus, the son of David, is the Light of the world. He came to earth to enter the darkness so that all might be saved. By His death and resurrection sin was forever defeated. The stain from S***m has been wiped clean. Today S***m lives again throughout the earth, but so does Christ Jesus. Because He lives, I do too. Not that I am more righteous than others. I too am a sinner and not perfect. But the LORD is good and He still keeps His promise to all that call upon Him in the day of trouble. Through Christ we are seized by grace and sheltered by righteousness.

This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God. John 3:19-21

02/22/2026

God’s Noah

But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. Genesis 6:8

Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, that the countenance of the LORD fell because His heart was deeply grieved. God was sad and His heart was broken. In sadness God sighed. His breath was deep. Why was the LORD God, Maker of heaven and earth, sad? Because the wickedness of man was great on the earth. "Every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually" (Genesis 6:5). Only.Evil.Continually. In those days the sons of men doubled down on their wickedness. Sin outnumbered man 2:1. Man’s labor was violence and evil. You can’t spell violence without evil. The utter corruptness of man saddened God completely because He had made them very good but now they were bigly bad.

The earth is God’s cup and it was only filled with violence. The LORD’s earthen cup was filled with vile evil. Its contents were beyond tasteless. It was nasty and bad, and the stench was putrid. I, personally, do not like drinking nasty and bad things like kombucha or wine mixed with gall. Neither does the LORD. When the LORD’s cup becomes corrupt there is only one thing for Him to do. Change the contents. If I don’t want to drink nastiness, I have two options. Pour it out or add something to it. In those days God did both (The LORD often does two backward things at once). He rinsed out the nastiness from His cup with a great flood; by His flood God rinsed His cup (The LORD cleans everything by hand). He also added flavor to the cup's contents. He did not pour it out completely but added His flavor to the remnant. What is God’s flavor? Favor. You cannot spell flavor without favor. Noah found favor in eyes of the LORD (Genesis 6:8). In Hebrew the word favor is Noah spelled backwards. Look it up for yourself. Noah's name is favor spelled backwards and it means "rest". Noah’s name means rest, just like Kurt means bold counselor. Google it for yourself. When “the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, He RESTED on the seventh day” ( Exodus 20:11). On the seventh day the LORD noahed. The LORD rested and it was good. Rest is good. It adds flavor to labor. Flavored labor is easy to stomach. Noah was a righteous man and he walked with the LORD( Genesis 6:9).

How did the contents of the earth become vile and corrupt? What happened that the wickedness of man became great and that every intent of his heart was only evil continually? I don’t know but I have a guess. All flesh on the earth became utterly corrupt because they did not rest. Seven days a week man did not stop or pause. He just kept going, and going, and going, and going, and going, and going, and going. In those days man did not cease, nor desist. In everything he did he did not stop. He did not stop from work. Man lusted and craved eight days a week. He worked like a dog. He did not stop from the deeds of sin. When man does not rest he becomes mindless and delusional, and trips and falls. In those days, for every man there were two sins and the LORD said, “I’ve had enough.”

Today is Sunday. It is the first day of the week. The first day of the week is not the seventh day of the week. The first day of the week is the Lord's day. The seventh day of the week is Sabbath. Sabbath, which means cease, is the seventh day of the week. Sabbath means intermission. All theatrical plays on a big stage have two acts separated by an intermission. Intermissions are need. Stops are important. If we do not stop and be still we will become weary and restless and lose our strength. When we are weak accidents happen. When accidents happen pain is inevitable. In pain there is only sadness. In my sadness I need the Lord’s favor.

Christ is God’s favor. In Him, the mercy of the LORD is poured out on me, and you. In Christ, my sins are blotted out. In Jesus Christ my heart is cleaned and my spirit is renewed. In Him I am a new creation; old things have passed away and new things have come. In Jesus I enter into the Lord’s rest. In Him I find my rest because He is a shepherd and I am a sheep. He leads me beside quiet waters (Psalm 23:2). In this verse the word for quiet is the word for rest. The good Shepherd leads me to waters of Noah. These waters are not raging and flooding but restful and pure. Come and let us drink and be filled today with the living waters of Christ. On this Lord's Day let us find our rest in Him.

O taste and see that the LORD is good,
How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! Psalm 34:8

02/18/2026

God’s Echo Chamber

You hide them in the secret places of Your presence from the
conspiracies of man;
You keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. Psalm 31:20

Men gossip. According to google, gossip is casual or unconstrained conversation about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true. Gossip is talking about someone when they are not present, when their ears are not on board. The longer a group, clique, or pack talks about a person, the more likely gossip will occur. I read recently that the threshold is fourteen seconds, then after that lines are crossed and boundaries are trespassed. Gossip is slander and it only two takes people to make it happen. The saying is true: The tongue is a fire. It is a restless evil and full of deadly poison (James 3:8). How great is the fire among many embers! When members gather a flame will be fanned. May that flame strike a passion and not burn down a name to the ground.

David was frequently the object of gossip and slander. People David knew were conspiracy theorists. They made up stories about him that were not true and fabricated. It was not just David’s enemies who were lying about him but also his neighbors as well, even his companion and familiar friend (Psalm 55:13). David’s community spoke falsehood about him. This made David very sad, to the point of grief. In the midst of slander, David wasted away. David’s reproach was his distress. He was filled with vexation and his life spent in sorrow. Because he was an object of dread to his neighbors and acquaintances, David wasted away-forgotten as a dead man. When he was on their tongues, he was out of mind. He was like a broken vessel. When he heard the slander of many and when they schemed and counseled against him, he became a pelican in the wilderness and an owl of the waste places. In dumps of refuge he sought for food. I lie awake, I have become a lonely bird on a housetop. David felt cut-off and dismembered. He was an ember outside the camp and he was cold.

When David felt alone and out of place, what did he do? He took refuge in the LORD. He retreated into the crag of God (31:2). The crag of God is the hand of the LORD and it is there a man discovers His lifeline. When a man commits his spirit into the hand of God he finds a rock of strength and a stronghold to save (31:5). When David was distressed he trusted in the LORD and said, “You are my God. My times are in Your hands. Deliver me!” (Psalm 31:14). And deliver is what the LORD did. He saved David. His face shone upon David and in lovingkindness God saved him. He set him on a high place far away from the counsel of men and tribal tongues. The LORD put David in a secret and safe place. God put David in His echo chamber. An echo chamber is place in which a person encounters only beliefs that coincide with his or her own, so that their existing beliefs are reinforced. In His echo chamber God reinforced to David His love and faithfulness. The Lord reminded David, “I will not forsake you. Even your mother and father may forsake you but I will lift you up.” In His chamber God sound surrounded David with grace and truth. His voice says, “You are my child.” In the shadow of the LORD’s wing, David was kept secretly from the strife of tongues. In the crag of God David was safe and secure from all alarm, even though in his alarm he said, “I am cut off before Your eyes.” Even then the LORD heard David when he cried to Him.

Friends, if you are being talked about, do not worry. The Lord is on your side. He will not give you over to the hand of your enemy. He will be gracious to you and set your feet in a large place. Today, if you are sad or alone, retreat to a safe place. Do not listen to naysaying voices outside or inside your cranium. When you feel down, cave yourself into the crag of God. Seek refuge in the LORD and claim your true identity. The crag of God is better than an IMAX experience. In the secret hiding place of God the LORD will preserve you. He will sustain you when others cannot. He will remind you, "I've got your back and front, and your left and your right; above and below, I am near." The LORD is my strength and shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. My heart exults and leaps for joy and with my song I shall thank him.

How great is Your goodness, which You have stored up for those
who fear You,
Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You, before
the sons of men! 31:19

02/05/2026

Off Balance For Life

All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12

If I live in a land where there is no law, then I am free to do anything. If I live in a signless city, there would be no violators nor lawbreakers on the streets. In a law less place police are not needed to keep a person in line or on-point. In fact, if all things are lawful there is no line to walk, at all. The short definition of freedom is “no law anywhere.” In a city with no code Buford Pusser would be a milkman delivering toast. No sign, no sin. You can’t spell sign without sin. In 1990 I went to Singapore. They jokingly called it a “fine” place. In Singapore there are signs everywhere-do this, don’t do that, just read the signs. If you don’t do the sign, you get fined. Rule-followers love Singapore. It’s a fine place for them.

It is good to be free. Free to do whatever I want, whenever I want. “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" That’s what Martin Luther King said in 1963. Unrestricted and footloose. Know freedom, no law. Free at last is a good destination. If this is true, why do many people fall short? What keeps people from being free and not mastered by anything? A common reason is the pursuit of balance.

Many people seek a balanced life. They believe more balance will create more freedom to do the things they want most. For example, a man might want balance between work and relaxation, or rest. He wants to work. He wants to not work. He seeks balance between two seemingly competing but worthwhile values. Both are good, and he wants both. So what does he do? He constructs a system of rules for both work and rest that he believes will allow himself to do both equally. For example he might say, “I will work from 8-5 and rest 3 hours a day.” By that statement he has established a type of law for himself. What happens if he does not work within the hours he consigns for himself? Or, what if he manages to successfully do both, forever? Either way, he is under law.

Is seeking balance not good? No. Olga Korbut won a gold medal in 1972 walking the balance beam. But I’m not Olga nor Mary Lou, not even Kurt Thomas. Just Kurt. Seeking balance in life can be helpful but it’s like training wheels on my cart. How free am I if I never take the training wheels off my bike? With training wheels I might can bike as far as I could without training wheels. But if I’m being trained am I totally free? I train my dog. I am his master. Yet I myself will not be mastered by anything. There is a better way to freedom than seeking balance. Today I am off balance and on the better way. If you’re interested I’ll say more about that tomorrow. But then again, I might not.

01/31/2026

I’m A But Man

I’m a but man. That’s different than being an ass man. I used to be an ass man but I was a smart one. I was a smart ass and when I was an ass man I thought being smart was better than being dumb. I’m no longer an ass man. I’m not even a grown ass man. Today I am a but man.

It is good to be a but man. I know some good but men. It is good to associate with but men. Every Friday morning I associate with but men and we read the book of buts, aka the Bible. The book of buts is the best. No book is butter than the book of buts. John is the biggest but in the group. He says but the most. John is also the oldest. He’s the oldest butter. He also is the wisest. His speech is butter and his words are softer than oil. He conceals a stick of butter in his coat pocket.

There is in the book of buts a man named David. It’s his songs we read every Friday morning at 6:30. David used the word “but” a lot (like my friend John). David was God’s but man. He was a man after God’s own heart (Once David was an ass man and things did not go well for him). David used the word but a lot because he but life. It’s the way he lived. He was full but on.

Here’s what I’m talking about. In psalm 34:19 David writes, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous but the LORD delivers him out of them all.” In trouble David but. In his hour of darkness and in the shadow of death David headed but to the LORD. In psalm 13 when David had sorrow and felt abandoned by God and family, he pulled out his but gun. He said, “But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness, my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation” (verse 5).

Friends, do not forget this forever. The LORD is a but God. He is good, and faithful. His words are pure words, as silver refined in a furnace on earth, refined seven times. The LORD will deliver you. In your hour of darkness He will be your light. He deals bountifully with afflicted and needy. When you find yourself in trouble or sadness sits on your door step, say a but. It’s like a prayer. You can even say a but prayer. Psalm 13 is a classic but song. Read it today and you will feel butter. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.

01/18/2026

A Jolly Good Feller

He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
Which yields its fruit in its season
And its leaf does not wither;
And in whatever he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:3

A righteous man (and woman) is like a tree firmly planted by streams. He (and she) will not be moved. His leaves will be green and his shade abundant. His roots go deep. All his hand does prospers. His touch is greater than Midas because his God is the LORD (Midas was only a mythical king). Trees planted by streams draw up water continually, night and day. The man of God meditates in the law of the LORD. He soaks and marinates in the Bible. The word is his delight. The fellow who delights in God’s law will be known by the LORD. He will never be shaken, hewn, nor fall down. He is a blessed man.

Gideon was a judge of Israel. He was the fifth judge out of twelve (Deborah, a woman, preceded him). The LORD came to Gideon while he was beating wheat in a wine press. Sometimes in life we have to beat wheat in wine presses. When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon He said to him, “The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior.” The LORD called Gideon out by his name. In Hebrew the name Gideon means feller, as when a man takes an axe and fells a tree. As when a warrior with a sword fells an army of men. Gideon was a good feller. He prospered in all that he did. He cut down his father’s idols. He smashed, hewed, and tore down the altar of Baal. With 300 men, he also slew the armies of Midian and cut off the heads of its two leaders. So Midian was felled by Gideon and they did not lift up their heads anymore. In the days of Gideon the land was undisturbed for forty years. Gideon had 70 sons by many wives. He was prosperous and fertile. Gideon was ripe when he died (Judges 8:32). He was a jolly good feller.

Jesus too is a good fellow. He prospered in everything He did. He even prospered in death. No one but Him has ever done that, yet. On the third day, after He was nailed to a felled tree, Jesus rose from the grave. Up from the grave He arose! When the Roman centurion at the foot of the cross saw how Jesus died he said, “Surely this man was righteous.” In death, Jesus was righteous. He was a good fellow. Jesus loved His Father. He was a good son. He prospers after death. It is well with my soul.

The Hebrew name for Jesus is Joshua. Joshua took Moses’ place when Moses “died” on the mountain. Joshua was the leader of Israel. Moses carried a staff. Joshua wore a sword. By Joshua’s lead, Israel fell many nations in order to take possession of Canaan, the promised land. Joshua was a good feller. Jesus is a good feller. Jesus is a warrior, like Gideon was. Gideon contended with Baal. Gideon strove with Midian. Gideon beat wheat in wine presses. Jesus carried a staff like Moses. When Jesus returns He will carry a sword like Joshua and Gideon. When He comes He will fell the wicked. They will fail the testing of God. The Christ will thoroughly clear the threshing floor with His winnowing fork. He will gather the wheat from wine presses but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Jesus is a good Feller, which nobody can deny.

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
But the way of the wicked will perish. Psalm 1:6

01/08/2026

Esther Writhed

Then Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came to her and the queen writhed in great anguish. Esther 4:4

Writhing is something most people don’t put on their daily to do list. Yoga yes, writhing no. I can choose downward dog but in order for me to writhe something beyond my choosing must happen and that something is not good nor desired. Writhing comes from pain, an infliction. A man inflicted with pain will writhe, like one receiving many lashes across his back. A pregnant woman in labor will also writhe. She may even groan and complain out loud.

Writhing itself is not bad. It’s just the body’s natural response to a type of affliction. Death is affliction. Labor is affliction. Fatigue is affliction. Disease is affliction. Bad news afflicts all people. In these the body is likely to writhe. Writhing is a type of movement. It is an outward movement of an inward moment. Some have even called it a dance. It can be contortion, twisting, squirming, bending, and twitching. It is a sign of discomfort. Writhing can be undetectable or it can be easily seen by all. Some people standing on street corners holding signs writhe a great deal. I wonder what pain they carry?

In her distress Esther writhed because her relative Mordecai had put on sackcloth and wailed by the king’s gate. She was sad and greatly distressed for her uncle. She sent him clothes to put on but he did not wear them. Perhaps Mordecai wanted his outward appearance to match his inward moment. Mordecai did not attempt to hide his distress and pain. He honored the pain within him by putting on sackcloth and sitting in ashes. He also wailed loudly and bitterly. Mordecai did not attempt to stuff his feelings. He was true to himself and those he loved. He was a genuine and authentic man. The Bible does not say he writhed.

I hope I do not writhe today ( I did yesterday, but not much). I also hope for you a writhe-free day. May affliction not approach your stoop. But if we should encounter pain today let us be true and authentic. It is okay to complain, murmur, and moan. Be sad and writhe. Like crying, it may do our soul some good. And it will pass, like a woman giving birth to a child that has pain because she labors. But when her baby is born she forgets the anguish and pain because of the joy she has her child is born.

The LORD reigns! Let the nations tremble! He sits on his throne between the cherubim. Let the whole earth writhe! Psalm 99:1

01/05/2026

God Looms

You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. Psalm 139:3

The LORD looms. He always looms. He is a looming God. The Lord never doesn’t loom. He is looming right now. He is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom, truth, and peace. There is no place I cannot go that God isn’t looming. If I ascend to heaven, He is there. If I lie down in a very deep place, He is watching. If I take the wings of dawn or dwell in the remotest part of the sea, even there His hand leads me and His right hand takes hold of me. God is looming. If I say, “The darkness will puncture me and the night will suffocate me", even the darkness is not dark to the LORD. Darkness and light are alike to God. The Lord looms, even in my darkest hour, while I walk in the valley of the shadow of death.

Why does the LORD constantly loom in my life? Because He loomed me. I am loomed by God. I am a piece of His handiwork. From the work of God’s right hand I was loomed. By God I was weaved together. On God’s loom He weaved me together, and He did a darn good job. When God darns, it is good because He is a darn good loomer. God wove me in my mother’s womb. The same goes for you too. We have all been woven by God. He is a dream weaver. My first stitch was laid from a parental hot itch. In my mother’s womb was a big bang and I was created. Light came forth from the darkness and its brilliance was spectacular. Colors of all sorts burst forth onto a magnificent tapestry. God embroidered my mother’s embryo with radiance, awe, and light. That fine cloth knitted inside my mom was me! I am fearfully and wonderfully made because God loomed me. Like a sari I have been delicately wrapped. God hides in me. He knows everything about me, inside and out. I am intimately known by God. He knows when I sit down and when I rise up. He understands my thoughts from afar. These thoughts are very precious to me. I cannot begin to count them.

I am the handiwork of God; therefore, my value is intrinsically great, and yours too. You have great value. My value does not come from the work of my hands. My value is that I was loomed by God. He loomed me and He loves me. God loves. He is a loving God. The LORD never doesn’t love. In Jesus, God loves me, and you. While we were sinners Christ died for us. How did Jesus show His disciples the full extent of His love? With a towel. With a towel Jesus loved His disciples by washing their feet. A towel made dirty cleaned the dirt from woven feet. He then told them, “Be like Me.” The Lord is a launderer and He cleans what He looms. I too want to be a launderer of loomed things. All things bright and beautiful, are creatures great and small, the Lord God made them all. We are the needlepoint of God and by our sale He does not profit one bit. No purchaser can buy me from Him. I am not for sale because I am the Loomer’s favorite, and so are you. He paid my price and I am His because He looms me.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and know my anxious thoughts;
And see if there be any hurtful way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way.
Psalm 139:24

12/27/2025

Two-Faced Fear

But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared. Psalm 130:4

Fear the LORD. Who should not fear God? No one. Every person on the third rock from the sun should fear the Lord. Who does the LORD fear? Same answer, no one. All people should fear the LORD but not with the same fear. Fear has two meanings. It’s like the two words raise and raze. They sound the same but they are opposite. One it to lift up and the other is to tear down. The word fear is like that. It sounds the same but it has opposite meaning (just not spelled differently). What determines which meaning applies to me, and you? The answer is where I stand in relationship to the LORD. If I am on the LORD’s good side I should fear Him. On the other hand, if I am on the LORD’s bad side, I should fear Him. Today, I am on the LORD’s good side, so I fear Him. I used to be on the LORD’s bad side, and I feared Him. Not.

Today, I fear the Lord. Why do I fear the LORD? Because He is good to me. The Lord is good and His lovingkindness is everlasting. God is good and He forgives me. I am a sinner. I can’t get out of my own way and I frequently stand in other people’s path. I am a stumbling block to my wife. I don’t always say the right thing to my children. I could be kinder to my neighbor. Frankly, I am effed up. If the LORD were to keep a record of my eff, how could I ever stand before Him? I could not. But there is forgiveness with Him. The Lord forgives me; therefore, I fear Him. I stand in awe of Him. I stand before God on His good side. My hands are lifted and I have joy. The goodness of God is unbelievable. It is out of this world. Thinking about God’s love gives me chill bumps. It makes me tremble. The LORD has done so much good for me. He has made great peace for me. I stand in awe of the LORD and I give Him much thanks. I fear God.

I used to be on God’s bad side. Being on God’s bad side should invoke fear in the heart of any man, and woman. But here’s a great irony: when I was on the LORD’s bad side, and I was for many years, I did not fear Him with either brand of fear. When I thought about God, I did not tremble at all. I just kept plowing ahead in my ignorance. A man should rightly fear God when he is on His bad side. If I am on the LORD’s bad side (and I am not) I should tremble and be very afraid. I should fear what lies an ahead for me. The words to Maxwell’s Silver Hammer comes to mind: “Clang clang Maxwell’s silver hammer made sure she was dead.” I do not want God’s silver hammer or bronze sword or iron right hand to come down upon my head. A man should fear God when he is on His bad side. He should tremble and fall down. If he does not God will raze him. Praise God, for I am on His good side and He will lift me up. He will raise me to a very high place. I cannot spell praise without raise. When I am raised I will praise the LORD because I fear Him. When I do not fear God I will be razed. You cannot spell crazed without razed.

I will cleanse them of their sins against me and forgive all their sins of rebellion. Then this city will bring me joy, glory, and honor before all the nations of the earth! The people of the world will see all the good I do for my people, and they will tremble with awe at the peace and prosperity I provide for them. Jeremiah 33:8-9

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