I don't know what to feel when I read something like this chapter. Should I feel grateful that our God deals with evil? I think so. Should I feel afraid because our God clearly doesn't mess around? Probably. Should I be distraught because of the people who are going to be the recipient of this wrath? Yes? I think?
I don't like to read about 100 pound hailstones falling on people who are cursing God the whole time. That is not a feel good story to me. But I know He is to be trusted and everything He does is born out of a perfect, infinite love that I can't begin to imagine.
I have heard it said that only in comfortable suburbia do we long for a God who deals with everything and everyone gently and quietly. There are billions of people all over the world who have been crying out for justice for centuries. They will get their justice. I see that in this chapter.
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