Please discuss scripture about pledges made to God

I made a pledge to God that I would like so much to take back. Would that be OK?

Here is the pledge I made. The background is that I learned English in a family whose English was so laced with using God’s name in vain it would make a sailor blush. It is my first language, I work hard to overcome it but lose control when I am very irritated. I promised the Lord that I would never touch food from animals who ate garbage as a reminder to me to not speak garbage if God would help me overcome this awful language that kept bubbling up in me.

I seldom lose control any longer, but I am living in an assisted living facility where what I promised God I wouldn’t eat is often served. Does the Lord allow me to break my promise to Him?

I know the Lord forgives any sin I commit, but my desire is to not sin if I can help it. If breaking my promise is a sin, I would choose to not break it.

Some promises are irrational, and you should escape from them with an apology not for breaking them, but rather, for making them in the 1st place! There are promises that matter more to the Lord, I should think--promises such as the marriage vow. One can be forgiven for breaking that one, but there's bound to be consequences.

Truly, we must let our yea be hyea and our nay be nay. Anything else does proceed from evil. Look at the example of Jephthah *sp).

If you made a promise, then keep your promise.

Thanks for helping me with this. I'm so very aware I was wrong to make this vow to God. Not sorry I used food choice to help me handle this awful language, but I had no business involving God with a vow. I don't think apologizing to God is the way to handle it, I do think vows to God should be taken seriously. But I think I can ask forgiveness for the sin of making that vow. Thanks.

if we are what we eat -- then clean animals are definitely better. Jews do this every day, and were told to do so.

what you could do is tell the people at the place where you live that you need to eat kosher food. this is a religious belief for many and should be respected.

if not, then maybe pray about it that God moves their hearts to do what is better -- serve clean meats for any who would rather eat clean.

I encourage everyone around me to eat clean meats...so that there's more bacon for me!

I believe you are forgiven and loved greatly by our Father. Now, you must believe this too. I think you will. God bless you always.

“There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh poor, yet hath great riches.” (Pro 13:7).

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"there is that maketh poor"


... poor in the ways of this world. one way people are rich in the ways of this world is by eating whatever they so choose. physical and spiritual.

but not all know this and/or can follow it yet. but God would have us become like Christ. a lamb (clean) animal -- without spot or blemish.


16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world...

A bit of box of frogs here my friend.

You say pledge and promise, I assume they are both the same?

It seems to me that you have made a pledge/promise to God in order receive something back. Don't eat garbage in order to not speak garbage?

Yet you then ask if the Lord will allow you to break this promise?

So it seems like you are bargaining with God?

I would say not do to something in order to receive something.
Rather ask God to help you not to speak garbage which you identify as taking Gods name in vain.

For me the only promise we need to God is to be

What or taking his name in vain and garbage language to you?
What you consider that to be may not be the same as those around you.
To them eating food that is garbage to you is not to them.
Paul addressed this issue.
So what is the garbage food you are thinking about?

There is only one promise I think we should make with God.

That is to want be like him maybe not a promise because when we get it wrong we will know we have failed.

But as you say he will/has forgiven us of our sin.
We confess it and ask for help.

I hope it makes some sense and I could dig further but will not.

Father bless you.

Personally I think apologising to God is the way to handle it.
"If we confess our sins he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins"

The word confess is not to repent but to acknowledge that we got wrong.

So basically to say "I got this wrong and I'm sorry please help me"