Who did you call?

After reading Kendra's Blog today, it reminded me of a point our pastor made Sunday. (I don't exactly know why her blog did that, but something in there triggered my memory). He had mentioned believing in God and how many of his students say they don't believe. Jon is a high school math teacher in addition to being a wonderful pastor. He, like Kendra, cannot mention God or any of his beliefs during the school day; however, his students know that he is a bi-vocational pastor, thus a practicing Christian. After school hours, sometimes he is approached by students who don't hesitate to let him know that they are non-believers.

The question he was asking Sunday was: whenever the students (or many people who claim to be atheists) get highly upset, or maybe just excited or surprised, what do they say? It's most often "oh, God", "oh, hell", and some may even say "Good Heavens".
His point is that if they are atheists, why do they say these words? Do you ever hear anyone say "oh, Buddha!"? If they don't believe in Heaven and hell, then why do they say the words? Come to think of it, this is a mystery, right? Hell is referred to in the Bible twice as many times as Heaven, so there is such a place.

We should try to live in a way that others will know that we are Christians. I used to keep a Bible on my desk where I worked. Fortunately, no one ever said anything about it. In fact, I had a few colleagues who would come to talk when they had problems. Many times I referred to the Scriptures. I couldn't initiate but I could join in. Of course, I couldn't when I was a teacher in a military school and sometimes it was very difficult as many of you know. But, we have to stay the course.