Friday, August 3, 2012

Jesus and Chicken

Heres a question to ponder: Would Jesus have eaten at Chick-fil-a yesterday?

Ok, this whole Chick-fil-a thing...  I think Christians missed the boat on this BIG TIME.  I've been thinking about this for a few days now, seeing all the posts on FB about supporting Chick-fil-a, hearing it on all the radio and all I've go to say is SERIOUSLY, PEOPLE!???!!!  I mean come on!  Christians all over America jumped on some bandwagon that I don't even think the president of Chick-fil-a, Dan Cathy, meant to create.  He stated his opinion about gay marriage in a very honest and non-condemning way. Other peeps stated their opinion in response and all of a sudden it was a "war" about the 1st amendment and freedom of speech, fighting for family values, etc. etc..Then, Mike Huckabee created his "Support Chick-fil-a day" yesterday and thousands of people went and ate chicken.  Don't get me wrong. Chick-fil-a does make good chicken. There used to be one at Lloyd Center.  I remember eating there as a kid, but I still don't get it. Am I missing something??  When did loving a moral stand become more important than loving on people?  Oh wait, that's right.  That IS what the general population thinks about Christians. That we are more about rules of what to do and not do and pointing our fingers at all that is wrong, instead of meeting people where they are at, building relationships and sharing with them the Good News of Jesus. In addtion, we don't help by continually giving them SO much ammunition. Is this how we as Christians are meant to share Christ's love with the world?  We walk around talking about "loving people to Christ" and yet we post hateful statements on various social media outlets. Hateful? May be a little strong.  So, not hateful - but sure as heck not loving.  Even if under the guise of supporting some one's 1st amendment right of free speech. OK, then, let's turn the table. What if Mr. Cathy wasn't a Christian and in an interview made a statement against the Christian faith?  Would you be so fast at protecting his 1st amendment right? Street goes both ways people. If Mr. Cathy has the right to say he doesn't believe in gay marriage, someone else has the right to say they don't believe in Jesus. And the mayor of whatever town has the right to say what they want.     
Here's my last and final thought - shall we say this is me exercising my 1st amendment right... (and I may tick some peeps off with this, but here goes)  Christ followers, lovers of Jesus, Adopted Children of the Almighty God - let's get our heads out of our behinds.  Let's actually do what Christ calls us to do - LOVE people as He loved people.  Let's remember, it's not about us.  It's not about us pushing some agenda.  It's not about picking various "sins" to rally against.  Let's give the non-Christians something to talk about other than how we're against the LGBT community. This all has been very reminiscent to me...  Something about pharisees and tax collectors...  and Jesus.
To answer my first question.  If Jesus went to Chick-fil-a yesterday, it's because He just wanted some chicken,.



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