A Hawaii judge ordered a man to write dozens of compliments about his ex-girlfriend. It's all because he violated her protection order.

Darren Young, 30, was sentenced to write 144 nice things about his ex-girlfriend. He reportedly sent her dozens of offensive messages, which violated a protection order. The conditions of the protection order were that he was not to contact her at all, however, Young called and texted his ex-girlfriend 144 times between 8:39 and 11:10 p.m., police reports said. He was arrested shortly afterwards.

Judge Loo told Young he must come up with new praises to give to his former lover. "For every nasty thing you said about her, you're going to say a nice thing. No repeating words," Loo said. "I don't know whether I should cut off your fingers or take away your phone to get you to stop texting."

Possible Preaching Angles: Encouragement; Words—Writing or saying "nice things" is a good idea for any relationship, friendship, marriage, etc. You don't need a court order to be encouraging. Follow God's Word.