[Alamo-Girl]

I wonder how often we pray "Hallowed be thy name" without pausing to meditate on what that means - and if/how we keep it.

Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls: Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands: But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed. - Shakespeare (Othello, Act III)

What peril awaits one who destroys a Name of God: And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. - Deuteronomy 12:3-4

And again,

That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth; And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father. - Philippians 2:10-11

His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were] many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. - Revelation 19:12-13

Conversely, what a blessing it is to know God's Name!

Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. – Psalms 91:4

And again,

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. - John 17:6

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and [that] no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. –I Corinthians 12:3

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. - Romans 10:13

God's Name is I AM and Alpha and Omega.

[shibumi]

A blasphemer in my youth, I have in my “changed” life become quite sensitive to the use of the Holy Names of God the Father, His Son and the Holy Spirit.

It causes me now to have actual physical pain when I hear them misused.

I am also careful to not use certain names at all. There are those on the public stage, for example, The Usurper we have in office today, whose name I will not speak or write.

Some might call that a paranoid obsession.

I call it prudence.

[Quix]

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN!

AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! AMEN! .
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WHICH,
BEING INTERPRETED
MEANS
INDEED! INDEED! INDEED!
TO THE ABSOLUTE MAX!

[Alamo-Girl]

My apology. I should have pinged you to 996.

[GOPJ]

Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands: But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him And makes me poor indeed. - Shakespeare (Othello, Act III)

Thanks for the ping.