Our church is going through a series called, “10,” where each week our pastor takes two commandements at a time and teaches us about the relevance it has in our lives today. It’s been really cool to see how it goes from the original commandment to the New Testament version to modern day application. I love learning stuff like that.
So, last week one of the ones we focused on was the third commandment, “Thou shall not take the name of the Lord God in vain.” You can see the video here, but one thing that caught Jimmy’s and my attention was the example of saying, “God told me….” Not that God doesn’t ever tell us stuff, but sometimes christians tend to use this phrase a little softly when clearly God didn’t tell them. Or they tend to use it as a manipulation method to get someone else to follow along or believe in what they’re saying or doing…. We hear it all the time, and so often Jimmy and I wonder, really??? Did God really tell them? How do they know?
Funnily enough, later that evening, God showed us through Taylor just how we are NOT supposed to use his name.
Jimmy was driving with Taylor home from watching the sunset and in his car seat he was trying to close his lunch box but was having some trouble with it. He was grunting and moaning and whining, and was clearly getting really frustrated. All of a sudden Jimmy saw the lunch box fly through the air and hit the windshield to the side of him.
Jimmy: “Taylor!!!! You cannot throw your lunch box like that! It’s dangerous, and could make daddy get into a car crash.”
Taylor: “Uh huh! I can do that! God and Jesus said I can, you know? They said, Taylor, you can throw your lunch box if you want to.”
Either he has a direct line with a fuzzy connection to God, or he is really trying to manipulate us.
© 2008 “Le Musings of Moi”
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OY, God is in BIG trouble if that’s true 😛 In his/her defense though, they didn’t have cars when Jesus was around…
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That is hilarious! Such a toddler thing to say. I am new to your blog and you’re great!