Bloody Juliana and Her Cursed Swearing

Yep. We're all infected.

I voted her speaker of the day for Youth last Saturday. And the first thing she said to kick off her session (after praying all that) was:

It's so damn hot today. Ok. We can start now. Let me get my bloody paper first.

Whoa. Swearing in church!

She looked at us and smiled:

How did you all feel when I used those words?

I don't know about the rest, but what I was thinking right then was: This session's gonna be good.

Let's rewind a little bit. Just for fun.

Juliana didn't want to use the mic and asked the youths at the back whether they could hear her. Then a short but funny conversation between her and Sharma started that sent the whole crowd laughing!

You all can hear right?

Tak dengar, tak dengar.

Aiks. Tak dengar boleh jawab.

And hence Sharma keeps quiet and boleh dengar.

She then began her sharing without the mike, and claimed that we swear to "express" ourselves: It's DAMN hot today or when we're angry with someone: Go to HELL or something like that. Being an English Language student, she pointed out that English is a beautiful language and should not be "destroyed" by swear words.

She went on to say that as a Christian, swearing will only menghancurkan God's name rather than mengharumkan it. She compared swearing to drugs, concluding that they will give you a bad reputation in the end, which is not according to what we're suppose to do.

Swearing not only shows our bad behaviour, and smears God's Name and our rep, it also shows how bad our English is. Also, most of us said that we use swear words or kata hubung, as some people call them, when we're angry. Ju said that when we're angry, people can already see it, by the way we talk and through our actions, so there isn't a need to call attention to our already obvious anger. She gave the example of Jesus, when He was very angry with the people who traded in the temple courts.

Jesus was so angry that He overturned the tables all that. People could already see His anger. But when He spoke, He didn't say: "What the hell are you doing in My Father's house?? Get the HELL out of here!!!" Instead, He said: "It is written: My Father's house is a house of prayer, but you have turned it into a den of robbers.'"

Good one eh?

She also said we tend to swear to emphasize the importance of something. E.g. I'm so damn hungry or Bullshit. There are better words to emphasize things. Instead of damn, we can say I'm extremely hungry, and in place of bullshit, we can actually use synonyms like nonsense or ridiculous.

All of us have been swearing, even me. After Youth Meeting, when I went back to my house, unknowingly I had swore two times in front of my brother! Though it may seem difficult, but we have God here with us who'll always be giving that extra push and support that we need to go through. I'm sure all of us can do it if we really try and rely on God.

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