I used to swear like a trooper in my days as a young teenager, trying, I am embarrassed to admit, to appear to be cool and carefree and ‘different’ (even though ironically sin makes one more like everyone else in general). I believed in God since I was 6, but I wasn’t to become a Christian until I was around 20, and I am totally ashamed of the language I used back then, and then I had great trouble kicking the habit (as that is what it had become) even after I had become a Christian.
Oddly one thing I refused to do (with the odd lapse) was take God’s name in vain. As despite my rebellious attitude I had been as I said above, quite fearful of God ever since I was 6 and looked into the sky at night and observed all the millions stars realised God’s existence was blindingly obvious. So I was to Satan’s delight and like most of his subjects, a bundle of contradictions, which I still am but hopefully less so each day.
Now things are very different and I actually wince when I hear swearing now days, not so much because of the person doing it or what they are saying, but because it reminds me of my own immaturity and stupidity. I hope no one remembers me in those days at college but I’m sure they do. Thankfully I have learned the truth that real men don’t swear and certainly don’t take God’s name – their loving creator in vain.
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