09 November 2005

The third commandment anyone?

You ever been pissed enough that you just sat there daydreaming about ways to deal with the situation to make you feel better? You know, like imagine beating the ever living crap out of the person? Yeah, I had a night like that at work. I decided to pick up a night shift for OT.. it's tough to do that now that I'm on days cuz it can really screw with ya head. I managed, but the real story was how this entire "team" that I worked with believed that the name of God and Jesus were to be used in as derogatory a way as possible. Now, I'll let it slide if somebody is really upset and uses GD or JC once.. bygones be bygones... but this was like every 2 minutes for 12 BLEEPING hours. Literally.. I wished I had one of those bleeper things from the radio. And it was used as carelessly as I've EVER heard in my entire life. It came to the point about 1/3 of the way into my shift where it was time to say something.
First, the casual joke remark>>> "You'd think we were in a church service with how many times I've heard the Lord's name in the past couple of hours"... laughs.. ok so that didn't work.
So now I'm fringing on just slamming something againt a wall, or perhaps yelling at them, but that's not the solution to this because I don't help the cause by acting irate. At this point, even my coworkers can tell that I'm upset. They even asked me why I wasn't myself. So, I told them, "It's just really frustrating when GD or JC is used as an adjective. Last time I checked the dictionary it was a noun."
OK, so I stated my mind... I'm expecting it to stop right? haha.. well I'll give two guys credit... they did stop saying it out of respect for me most the night afterward. At least they TRIED. But one guy just would not shut up. It came to the point that I went into about a 5-10 minute daydream about what I was going to do to him if he said it one more time. I thought of the following:
A) Throwing one of our little globe balls at his face hoping to poke his eye out.
B) Throwing something of more weight, perhaps my computer, at his head
C) Going on some kind of verbal rampage against this guy
D) And then, of course, thinking about beating the snot out of this guy.. I mean knee to the eye, punch to the teeth, broken nose, the whole kaboodle.

So I'm deciding on which to act out... then the phone rings and I pop out of my daydream. Eeesh... how long was I out?? I must have been staring at the wall or something.

Well, I never did any of those 4 things, it's not necessary. An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind anyway, I know that. Revenge is mine, just not on Earth. So I'll let it be, but wow it's hard to dismiss this stuff. Especially when you know that they KNOW what they say is sinful. Some just don't know any better really, others are just rebellious. I wonder which is worse?

Lukewarm Christian vs. Ignorant non-believer

Definitely lukewarm Christian. Why?
Well, I can recall Jesus stating to either be hot or cold for him. Don't just be room temperature. It's not enough.
A lukewarm Christian is a distraction to God's kingdom and here's why:

When you claim God's rules and live by your own rules you turn off those around you looking for answers from seeking the TRUE answer. If they see that YOU aren't interested in living for Him, then why should they be?
I mean, after all, you've experienced Jesus first hand and it hasn't made an impact on you enough to live any differently than the next person.

Think about that. You are aiding in the cause of depriving a non-believer of eternal life! Yeah, we are all guilty of it. So.. do something about it.
Act it. Live it. Actions are our witnessing tool. Our best tool. Use them!

Cue music.... And the world... will be a better place..

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