EAGER NOT TO PUNISH

Joel 2:13
13 Don't tear your clothing in your grief; instead, tear your hearts." Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful. He is not easily angered. He is filled with kindness and is eager not to punish you. NLT
** So I guess this messes up the thought that there is a God in heaven just sitting there ready to punish us for the next wrong thing we do. So many people think that God delights in punishing people, that He is like a child beater and just waits for us to mess up so He can delight in repaying us with evil things. I so glad that God is NOT like that! Here it says “He is FILLED with kindness and is eager NOT to punish you.” So, if something is filled with kindness, then I guess you can’t fit anything else in it? I mean if God is filled with kindness then He can’t be unkind….. I serve a wonderful God who delights in blessing me and giving me all kinds of wonderful things in this life AND prepares a place for me in heaven that will make this earthly dwelling look like junk! The LORD Jehovah, Jesus Christ, is an awesome God!