Where Does the Boycotting Stop?

Here's a list, via Wikipedia, for everyone boycotting Starbucks, if you boycott one why not boycott them all? In such a case, you're going to have to grow your own food, sew most of your clothes, bank at home, never fly, delete your FB, throw away all your Disney movies, quit watching sports or any TV for that matter, get rid of your mobile phone carrier, chop down your own wood to make home improvements, etc....

But before you take the time to read said list, keep this in mind:

~For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. (John 3:17 NKJV)

See also: List of supporters of same-sex marriage in the United States
Organizations that support same-sex marriage in the United States are numerous.
Contents [hide]
1 Corporations
2 Labor Unions
3 Professional Associations
3.1 Non-profit advocacy
4 Religion
5 See also
6 References
[edit]Corporations

The following corporations have donated money, lent support to campaigns and court cases, or have in general come out in support of organizations that seek to protect or fight for same-sex marriage rights. Additionally, seventy companies, law firms, and trade organizations filed an amicus curiae brief in support of Gill v. Office of Personnel Management,[1] and over two hundred filed amicus curiae briefs in support of Windsor v. United States,[2] calling the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional.
Abercrombie & Fitch[2]
Adobe Systems[3]
Aetna[4]
Akamai Technologies[4]
Alcoa[4]
Allstate Insurance[5]
Amazon.com[5]
American Apparel[6]
American Airlines[5]
Apple[7]
Applebee's[5]
Barnes & Noble[4]
Ben & Jerry's[3]
Best Buy[5]
Geek Squad
Boeing[8]
Cablevision[4]
Cisco Systems[4]
Clorox[5]
The Coca-Cola Company[5]
Concur Technologies[9]
Costco[5]
Delta Airlines[5]
Dropbox[4]
eBay[3]
Electronic Arts[10]
EMC Corporation[11]
Expedia[12]
Facebook[2]
Ford[13]
Gap[5]
Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime
General Mills[5]
General Motors[5]
Goldman Sachs[3]
Google[7]
Motorola Mobility, Youtube, Zagat
Groupon[14]
Hewlett-Packard[4]
Hilton Worldwide[5]
The Home Depot[13]
Houghton Mifflin[4]
IBM[5]
Intel[2]
Intuit[3]
J.C. Penney[5]
The Jim Henson Company[4]
Kraft Foods[5]
Levi's[6]
LinkedIn[4]
Marriott Hotels[5]
Marsh & McLennan Companies[2]
McDonald's[5]
The McGraw-Hill Companies[4]
Standard & Poors, J.D. Power & Associates, McGraw-Hill Education
Microsoft[8]
Morgan Stanley[2]
Nationwide Insurance[5]
NCR Corporation [2]
Nike[9]
Nordstrom[15]
Olive Garden[5]
Office Depot[5]
Oracle[2]
Orbitz[14]
Oreo[5]
Panasonic[2]
PepsiCo[5]
PG&E[16]
Procter and Gamble[5]
Qualcomm[17]
RealNetworks, Inc.[8]
Red Lobster[5]
REI[18]
Rite Aid[5]
Salesforce.com[4]
Sears[5]
Land's End
Southwest Airlines[5]
Sun Life Financial[2]
Starbucks[8]
State Farm Insurance[5]
Target[5]
T-Mobile[19]
United Airlines[5]
UPS[5]
Verizon Communications[4]
Vulcan Inc.[8][9]
Walgreens[5]
The Walt Disney Company[5]
ABC, ESPN, LucasFilm, Pixar, Marvel, Walt Disney Studios, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, The Muppets, more
Wells Fargo[5]
Xerox[2]
Zynga[2]

When has boycotting anything ever brought anyone to repentance? Y'all, 'do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?' (Romans 2:4 NKJV) IT'S HIS GOODNESS THAT LEADS ANYONE TO REPENTANCE!

We've got to learn to be in this world and not of it, but also to love at the same time. Am I okay with homosexuality? No, because I believe it goes against the original plan of God. Do I love homosexuals? YES YES YES YES YES! Why? Because they are my Daddy's creation too! And He wants them. And we're running them off by hating anyone that supports them! You may say 'But I don't hate anyone!' Well, that's not how the world sees it. They only see hate when they see us boycott/ostracize/point a finger at them. It upsets me when I see Christians wanting nothing to do with the lost.

I have read and re-read this blog because I don't want to come across as angry. I am truly pained that we still think pushing anyone away is what brings them to know the love of Christ. If we truly believe that Daddy God loves us all, we must filter all of our actions through love. I am by NO MEANS perfect or have all the right answers, please don't think that I believe I do. Buy your coffee (or whatever) from whoever and look them in the eye and say 'I love you because He first loved me.'

I love you all. Please don't turn this into a big argument. I just believe our tactics of refusing to have dealings with anyone who believes differently than us, isn't working.

And think before you post anything 'anti-gay' on a website whose cofounder is gay.

Offense....Ain't Nobody Got Time For That

I mentioned to my husband the other night that I thought a particular person might be mad at me. I had no real reason to believe this and as I finished what I was saying I almost immediately thought 'Joy, get ahold of yourself. You sound like a bitter 'ol bitty.' So I decided to do my own little study on offense in the bible and see what the Holy Spirit had to say about it all.

"An offended friend is harder to win back than a fortified city. Arguments separate friends like a gate locked with bars." (Proverbs 18:19 NLT)

-Offense is something we take on ourselves. We....WE put it on. So to put it bluntly: Offense is a selfish action with selfish motives and selfish gain.

“If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back. But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses. If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. Then if he or she won’t accept the church’s decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector."(Matthew 18:15-17 NLT)

-Even in situations that we are justified (by mans standards) to be offended, the protocol states that we try to work things out in a peaceful manner.

"Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself. Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ. If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only fooling yourself. You are not that important." (Galatians 6:1-3 NLT)

-Restoration of an individual is God's priority. Don't be tempted to grab ahold of the bait that is offense. Y'all, people are broken and in dire need of God's restoring LOVE. And, friend, you and I are people. No one person is more important than another. I ask that God help me see that when given the chance to be offended or mad at another one of His children.

"Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs." (Proverbs 19:11 NLT)

-Lu-Huvvah this verse!

I hope this ministers to someone as much as it ministered to me. When we go to the Word to seek answers we will find them if we seek with all our hearts. I pray as I type these words that the Holy Spirit will keep our hearts tender towards Him so that no spirit of offense will ever keep us from hearing His sweet sweet voice.