About The Name Of God Being Used Poem by Gert Strydom

As a Christian I have got a problem
with the omnipotent Lord God being blasphemed
or with His name being used in vain
and with the same occurring with the name of the savior
our Lord Jesus Christ
on television, in the movies and in the daily talk
of some Christians, of people
from every nation, language and every creed
so as if God does not exist
or as if God has become our own playmate
as if His great and holy name means nothing.

I have not heard a person say:
“in Satan’s name”
nor “thank Metatron it’s Friday”
nor “for Buddha’s sake, ”
nor “with Allah, ”
or “thank the Kabala”
or “Krishna knows, ”
or “oh my Jane
or “by Amaterasu”
or “in Shiva’s, in Vishnu’s, or in Devi’s name”
or “under Muhammad”
or “may Maitreya damn him”
or “may Tao forbid it”or “Mahatma knows”
or “the Dalai Lama bless his soul”
or “by the help of the ancestors”

yet the great name of the creator God
does ring out continually in the mouths of men.

[Note: With great thanks to Janneman Enslin for the idea for this poem.]