Aeon Store Okazaka, Japan-- photo by Toby Oxborrow
If you haven’t heard, there have been some
complaints that the Starbucks cup being used this season doesn’t have any
decorations depicting Christmas on it. I think that the guy who started the
hubbub about the red cup just wanted more people to read his blog! The cup
doesn't bother me, as I usually don't buy Starbucks coffee!
But what should a Christian do? Christians are
supposed to be in the world but not of the world.
One Christmas, when I was visiting my son in Japan, I noticed that in Japan at
Christmas there are many Christmas
decorations. Of course it is all about shopping and not Jesus. Now it is
becoming the same here. It is all in God's plan, I believe. He is urging His
people to seek Him. God wants us to spend
time with Him in prayer. We have nowhere else to go. When the school Christmas concert is all about
snowflakes we can start a prayer group to pray for the school and especially
the music. They are losing out on some beautiful music by not using the traditional songs. We can try to identify the
Christian teachers and give them Christmas
cards with the emphasis on freedom of religion. We can pray for salvation for those in power. God holds their hearts
in His hand and He can change them as
well as our hearts. We need to be filled with God's love for those who are lost. God is working in their lives as well as
ours. It's all about perseverance! And yes, it is about spreading the
gospel and making disciples. Does a protest about a cup do that? I
don't think so.
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