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神创造了宇宙，并宣告我们是属祂的。神是圣洁而完美的，祂的名超乎万名之上。没有别的名当受如此崇高的尊荣。

神也是完全爱我们的那一位。祂关心我们，供应我们日用的饮食。神是信实的，始终持守祂的应许。

那么，我们为什么不尊重神，要妄称祂的名呢？

我有一个犹太学生，她在论文上只写“G_d”，这样她就不会使用神的全名。这种对神之名的尊重可能是极端的，但在我们今天的文化中，人们常常转向另一个极端。例如，OMG这几个字母已经成为一种社会流行语。这就像一个感叹号一样被用在俗套的、甚至是自恋的对话中。在那些场合使用神的名字，对那位超乎万名之上的神来说是一种亵渎。

有一天，当有人说：“哦，我的上帝！”我问他们：“如果上帝来了，叫你为此交代怎么办？那时你就有大麻烦了。”

让我们在我们所思、所言和所行的一切事上归荣耀给主我们的神。

God created the universe and claims us as his own. God is the holy and perfect One whose name is above all names. No other name should be so highly honored.

God is also the one who loves us perfectly. God cares for us and provides for us each day. God is faithful and always keeps his promises.

Why, then, would we disrespect God by misusing his name?

I had a Jewish student who would write only “G_d” on her papers so that she would not use the full name for God. That kind of respect for the name of God may be extreme, but in our culture today people have often swerved to the other extreme. For example, the letters OMG have become a social meme. This is used like an exclamation point in conversations that are trite, even narcissistic. Using God’s name in such contexts is disgraceful to the one whose name is above all names.

One day when someone said, “Oh, my God!” I asked them, “What if God comes and calls you to account for that? You’ll be in a world of trouble then.”

Let’s give honor to the Lord our God in all we think, say, and do.