Boaz
09-27-2016, 07:38 PM
How much should we not use GOD's name ? How much should we not use the name of GOD ?
Can be a tricky question and would depend on the situational circumstances , who your dealing with , past history of the relationship , Your knowledge and understanding of the person , persons or even group of people . I'll tell a couple of stories that are true .
My best friend in high school was named Robert . His family was Catholic , 11 brothers and sisters , lived in a 3 bedroom house. His family was a fascination for me with so many members coming and going . I had one sister so our house was calm compared to his . He loved to come to my family's house , lol . Robert was a steadfast friend .
We more or less broke in roughnecking on drilling rigs together , both came from poor families and oilfield wages were good for the times . He broke me in working the derrick though he hadn't had that much experience at the time. After high school we maintained our friendship .
Robert broke his arm on a rig , no need to go into detail . I was at his house one day while he couldn't work and his sister came over . While we sat outside she come down on him and said GOD was punishing him by breaking his arm because he worked 7 days a week and had not attended church regular . End of story .
Next story ;
Had a rig mechanic field service in the late 70's , lol called it....GO-RILLA RIG REPAIR . Just thought you might get a laugh out of that . Bought parts off a really big oilfield supply store , owner was a gripy , mean old man named Bill . Only thing we had in common was a love of duck and goose hunting . Bill had a DANG nice commercial duck plucker . If you have ever plucked a mess of ducks it's a job .
He let me use his plucker for telling him where to hunt as I got around a lot more than him . He had plenty of money , nice boats , high dollar shotguns , popup blinds etc while I was using a canoe , blinds made of scrap wood , cattails and mud ........I got more ducks and geese .
Bill had trouble with his left leg , kept getting blood clots . I hadn't seen him in a while , I was working out of town , would send a helper to get parts at his store . Went in one day and gave a big list to his counterman then went to Bill's office . He was sitting in a roll around office chair behind his desk working . Sat down , started talking . Bill was an atheist , I had tried to talk to him about GOD before and he would just get mad . I asked him how he was doing and was just talking . He sat silent . I told him I would pray for him and his leg problem .
He was red faced and angry , he rolled his chair to the left side away from his desk and the left leg was gone . It had been amputated . I sat in silence not knowing what to say .
Can be a tricky question and would depend on the situational circumstances , who your dealing with , past history of the relationship , Your knowledge and understanding of the person , persons or even group of people . I'll tell a couple of stories that are true .
My best friend in high school was named Robert . His family was Catholic , 11 brothers and sisters , lived in a 3 bedroom house. His family was a fascination for me with so many members coming and going . I had one sister so our house was calm compared to his . He loved to come to my family's house , lol . Robert was a steadfast friend .
We more or less broke in roughnecking on drilling rigs together , both came from poor families and oilfield wages were good for the times . He broke me in working the derrick though he hadn't had that much experience at the time. After high school we maintained our friendship .
Robert broke his arm on a rig , no need to go into detail . I was at his house one day while he couldn't work and his sister came over . While we sat outside she come down on him and said GOD was punishing him by breaking his arm because he worked 7 days a week and had not attended church regular . End of story .
Next story ;
Had a rig mechanic field service in the late 70's , lol called it....GO-RILLA RIG REPAIR . Just thought you might get a laugh out of that . Bought parts off a really big oilfield supply store , owner was a gripy , mean old man named Bill . Only thing we had in common was a love of duck and goose hunting . Bill had a DANG nice commercial duck plucker . If you have ever plucked a mess of ducks it's a job .
He let me use his plucker for telling him where to hunt as I got around a lot more than him . He had plenty of money , nice boats , high dollar shotguns , popup blinds etc while I was using a canoe , blinds made of scrap wood , cattails and mud ........I got more ducks and geese .
Bill had trouble with his left leg , kept getting blood clots . I hadn't seen him in a while , I was working out of town , would send a helper to get parts at his store . Went in one day and gave a big list to his counterman then went to Bill's office . He was sitting in a roll around office chair behind his desk working . Sat down , started talking . Bill was an atheist , I had tried to talk to him about GOD before and he would just get mad . I asked him how he was doing and was just talking . He sat silent . I told him I would pray for him and his leg problem .
He was red faced and angry , he rolled his chair to the left side away from his desk and the left leg was gone . It had been amputated . I sat in silence not knowing what to say .