Saturday, February 28, 2015

It's Not You; It's Me

Dear Phoebe, Joey, Rachel, Ross, Monica, and Chandler,

I have to break up with you.  I know we go back a long way...like twenty years or something.  But the time has come.  We have grown apart.  I have grown up, and you are still sitting in the coffeehouse trying to figure out your life.  I have grown into a woman with a full-time husband, full-time children, a full-time job, and many other full-time responsibilities.  And you are still sitting there in the coffeehouse.

I used to look so forward to our time together each week.  You made me laugh.  Sometimes you made my cry.  (And that's okay...sometimes a good cry is needed.)  We hung out.

And I was blind to something.  I was so caught up in the drama and the one-liners that I totally missed it.  Or maybe I just didn't care then.  I am not sure which.  But I notice it now, and it bothers me now.  And I can't let it go anymore.

You take my LORD's name in vain.  A LOT!  I was watching an episode the other night, and you  did it seven times in twelve minutes.  Seven times in twelve minutes.   That's when I turned it off.  That's when I knew it was time to break up.  For Good.

His Name is being used as a way to express disbelief or incredulity with a situation.   Couldn't you achieve the same effect by saying, "No way!" or "I can't believe it!"  or "Are you serious?"  Those are some of the expressions I use instead.

I can't sit idly by, and let you continue to misuse His name.  I know that I can't change you using it, but I can control whether I listen to it or not.  I can't stand the way you (and so many other people) have cheapened His Holy Name into something so trivial.  

So with that being said, I think it is time for us to see other people.  So long, Friends!


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“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. (Exodus 20:7 NIV)