The other day while at work a co-worker of
mine had a moment of stress and he yelled “JESUS!” and then looked at me and
quickly apologized knowing that I am a Christian. I replied with a quick “its
fine”, and then I found myself pondering this little moment.
I wish would have said something a little different,
because this guy put the LORD’s name in vain. I wasn't offended because I know for a fact
he doesn’t acknowledge the existence of God. But I wish I would have said, “don’t
worry about me, worry about God”. This may come off as a judgmental comment,
but lets be serious for a second. If there truly is a God, which I believe
there is, don’t you think using His name as a form of profanity should put a
little fear in your britches? I do.
Listen, I’m not trying to get all high and
mighty, but really think about what you say and who hears you. God does, and one of His commandments is to not put His name in vain. If you
claim Him as your savior then that means you believe he has power over all
creation, which should probably mean you should have a proper amount of fear for Him. I’m not saying this means that God is going to smite you, that’s where
His grace and mercy comes in, but he has the capability to strike you down. So therefore approach your God with respect. Fear Him, be afraid of the fact that
he can end you in a breath. Please, if you claim Christianity don’t say
things like “Oh My God”, or “God Damn it”, because those are some serious
things to say.
With all of that said. If you’re not a
Christian or don’t believe in a higher power then please, don’t apologize to Christians
for your choice in wording, because at the end of the day, you don’t have to
answer to me or my brothers and sisters in Christ, but you’ll eventually have
to answer to God. I’m sure you disagree with me, and that’s fine. But for your
sake, I hope that someday God can reveal Himself to you in a way that you can
accept Him.
So please, if you acknowledge Jesus as Lord
then take the time to think about His name and respect it.
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