I could cry but instead I will pound my keyboard with my fingers (as my family would say). I flip onto my social media and this is what I see. I just might cry, my poor Mexican friend will finely understand when he or she buys their Starbucks Coffee that it’s a red cup representing Christmas all over the place instead of just representing what Christmas must be like in just my enclosed little bubble of Northern North America where the snow flies and we go skating on Christmas Eve.
Is everybody serious we are being offended over Red Holiday Starbucks Cups. First of all they are cups, second of all they are only “Holiday” cups, third of all since when was Starbucks a “Christian” company, fourthly have you bothered to look at how much you just spent buying that holiday cup and its contents(sorry to all you Starbucks lovers), fifthly did you think of the little kid that just died this morning because his or her parents couldn’t scrap together a dollar for this months allotment of rice to feed the family, sixthly... did you think of the man in Asia who just had his head cut off because he wouldn’t blaspheme the Name of Jesus, and seventhly... did you think of the One who came to earth giving up Heaven to only die so that you and I would have the opportunity to have our sins forgiven and to someday experience Heaven forever. Is that not what Christmas is really about? Oh, I get excited!!!
My heart goes to the persecuted, the ones who are standing everyday for their faith, and well we in North America argue over red coffee cups. May I ask you a question? Would you seriously die over a coffee cup? If you wouldn’t, what’s your point for arguing?
I love what this one lady said, “The viral video that is making its rounds does not represent me! It actually irritates the snot outta me. We have bigger fish to fry, people! And persecution? Please! Take a little trip to Syria. I think you might change your definition. It’s a red cup, folks…. And for the love of Christmas, can we please conduct ourselves in a way that INVITES people to Christ, instead of repelling them?...”
I know even the non-christians are telling us Christians how to act... Now isn't this sad?
This is a prime example of the verse from my previous blog post and its becoming literal. “But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another.” Galatians 5:15NKJV
Yeah, we are getting consumed alright and we are working on dessert and enjoying or coffee with it! Oh people, it makes me want to scream. Why?
Do we have nothing better to do? Dare I say this, but it would be good of us all to take a trip to Syria, and experience the hardships of living your life as if you didn't know if you were going to live another hour, another minute, another day, or another week.
On maybe a different note…
One person said, “The absence of snowflakes on the cups denies the hope of Jesus” and another said “My Christmas mentality: If a store won’t promote Christmas re Starbucks, I’m not spending my hard earned money there.”
This starts to open a lengthy discussion I realize this, but the point I want to make is. If you want to make Christmas all about the snow, the snowmen, the sleighs, and the skates go live in Mexico where you never experience snow for Christmas because you have already missed the point here.
And well you are there please discover the hard way, that Christmas and snow don’t have to go together and so that you have the opportunity to read the first four books of the New Testament and study them hard because there you will find the purpose and the plan for Jesus coming to earth in the first place which we choose to celebrate on December 25 every year and furthermore could be celebrated in July so that we all could experience no snow on Christmas.
If you want to make snowflakes, sleighs, skates, etc! apart of Christmas let me ask you this… Why do we expect a worldly company to uphold our Christian faith and decorate their advertising materials, when they don’t believe it themselves?
I love what this person said and he is so right, “If you need a coffee chain to be your ambassador of Christ you need to re-examine your relationship with God.”
Oh people, my heart cries for your souls, because in our materialistic society we simply operate by what we see, feel, and touch and we have lost the portion of our brains to think to a higher level, where God calls us to think.
I challenge you this Christmas. Instead of looking at Christmas in the worlds view look at it as an opportunity that the world has given us as Christians to celebrate Christmas and provide a much easier, and an amazing opportunity to spread the Word of Jesus Christ in word, in deeds, in gifts, in our actions, on our social media pages, on our church websites, in and around our homes, our local communities and everywhere.
Use Christmas as an opportunity to share Jesus and the real meaning of why He came to earth, instead of arguing with people over decorations on a coffee cup. The world has given us this opportunity, lets use it well we still can because someday that door may close and then you and I will stand before a Holy God and will have to justify our reason for not sharing Jesus with a stranger, when we could have to an All Knowing God. Believe me, you and I don’t want to have to try and justify ourselves?
Hey even use the plain red coffee cup as an opportunity to write your own message on it and share a cup of coffee and a Word for Jesus with the homeless man, or the struggling young mother, etc! Starbucks just gave Christians a clean red board to write a Gospel message to a stranger and they don’t even now it…
Now go make good use out of that plain red “holiday” cup that Starbucks just gave you!!!
Share a message for Jesus this Christmas!!!
God Bless,
Is everybody serious we are being offended over Red Holiday Starbucks Cups. First of all they are cups, second of all they are only “Holiday” cups, third of all since when was Starbucks a “Christian” company, fourthly have you bothered to look at how much you just spent buying that holiday cup and its contents(sorry to all you Starbucks lovers), fifthly did you think of the little kid that just died this morning because his or her parents couldn’t scrap together a dollar for this months allotment of rice to feed the family, sixthly... did you think of the man in Asia who just had his head cut off because he wouldn’t blaspheme the Name of Jesus, and seventhly... did you think of the One who came to earth giving up Heaven to only die so that you and I would have the opportunity to have our sins forgiven and to someday experience Heaven forever. Is that not what Christmas is really about? Oh, I get excited!!!
My heart goes to the persecuted, the ones who are standing everyday for their faith, and well we in North America argue over red coffee cups. May I ask you a question? Would you seriously die over a coffee cup? If you wouldn’t, what’s your point for arguing?
I love what this one lady said, “The viral video that is making its rounds does not represent me! It actually irritates the snot outta me. We have bigger fish to fry, people! And persecution? Please! Take a little trip to Syria. I think you might change your definition. It’s a red cup, folks…. And for the love of Christmas, can we please conduct ourselves in a way that INVITES people to Christ, instead of repelling them?...”
I know even the non-christians are telling us Christians how to act... Now isn't this sad?
This is a prime example of the verse from my previous blog post and its becoming literal. “But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another.” Galatians 5:15NKJV
Yeah, we are getting consumed alright and we are working on dessert and enjoying or coffee with it! Oh people, it makes me want to scream. Why?
Do we have nothing better to do? Dare I say this, but it would be good of us all to take a trip to Syria, and experience the hardships of living your life as if you didn't know if you were going to live another hour, another minute, another day, or another week.
On maybe a different note…
One person said, “The absence of snowflakes on the cups denies the hope of Jesus” and another said “My Christmas mentality: If a store won’t promote Christmas re Starbucks, I’m not spending my hard earned money there.”
This starts to open a lengthy discussion I realize this, but the point I want to make is. If you want to make Christmas all about the snow, the snowmen, the sleighs, and the skates go live in Mexico where you never experience snow for Christmas because you have already missed the point here.
And well you are there please discover the hard way, that Christmas and snow don’t have to go together and so that you have the opportunity to read the first four books of the New Testament and study them hard because there you will find the purpose and the plan for Jesus coming to earth in the first place which we choose to celebrate on December 25 every year and furthermore could be celebrated in July so that we all could experience no snow on Christmas.
If you want to make snowflakes, sleighs, skates, etc! apart of Christmas let me ask you this… Why do we expect a worldly company to uphold our Christian faith and decorate their advertising materials, when they don’t believe it themselves?
Oh people, my heart cries for your souls, because in our materialistic society we simply operate by what we see, feel, and touch and we have lost the portion of our brains to think to a higher level, where God calls us to think.
I challenge you this Christmas. Instead of looking at Christmas in the worlds view look at it as an opportunity that the world has given us as Christians to celebrate Christmas and provide a much easier, and an amazing opportunity to spread the Word of Jesus Christ in word, in deeds, in gifts, in our actions, on our social media pages, on our church websites, in and around our homes, our local communities and everywhere.
Use Christmas as an opportunity to share Jesus and the real meaning of why He came to earth, instead of arguing with people over decorations on a coffee cup. The world has given us this opportunity, lets use it well we still can because someday that door may close and then you and I will stand before a Holy God and will have to justify our reason for not sharing Jesus with a stranger, when we could have to an All Knowing God. Believe me, you and I don’t want to have to try and justify ourselves?
Hey even use the plain red coffee cup as an opportunity to write your own message on it and share a cup of coffee and a Word for Jesus with the homeless man, or the struggling young mother, etc! Starbucks just gave Christians a clean red board to write a Gospel message to a stranger and they don’t even now it…
Now go make good use out of that plain red “holiday” cup that Starbucks just gave you!!!
Share a message for Jesus this Christmas!!!
God Bless,
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