10 percent tip pastor

Certain actions can make me cringe. Hearing about the pastor that left the 10 percent tip was so sad. It gives Christians everywhere a bad name. If you haven’t heard about it,

 

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/pastor-tip-receipt-155914258.html

 

I wish this is the only time Christians did this. I talked with several waitresses and they all said the worst shift is the Sunday afternoon group. One said, “They are the most demanding people that give the worse tips. They are never happy. If they are happy, they will still tip bad.” At what point did Christians become so demanding and give so little at best?

 

Not everyone is like this, but I have seen my fair share of Sunday people that have done this. Hailee and I went to lunch with some people we knew were not great tippers, as a result Hailee and I made sure we would tip over to make up for them. A friend on Facebook Donny said if you don’t plan on giving 20 percent you can’t afford to eat out. I am in complete agreement with this.

 

Paul tells us this in Romans 2:1-4, "You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. Now we know that God’s Judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?

 

Show your cards, are you a judger or forgiver? You can choose to judges other and your wait staff or show them grace. We learn from this section about God’s judgment and how we judge others. Paul ends this with a “Or” statement do you pass judgment on people or do you show kindness, love and grace which could lead people to Christ?  You make a statement with how you tip.

 

If Jesus went to a meal with you, how do you think you would tip? What if you got bad service and instead of tipping poorly you tipped more? Would that show the grace of God? You never know what your waiter or waitress has been through. Maybe they had the worst day and are just trying to get through the shift. One way to show grace is to tip high on bad service. You can choose to judge or to show grace, you cannot do both. What type of tipper are you going to be?

 

Have a great day.

It’s funny how the people who know me the least have the most to say

People talk.

Some good, some bad.

Human nature leads us to talk bad about other people.

I rarely listen to the radio, but over the past 9 months I have started listening to ESPN radio.

I used to absolutely hate listening to people that talk about sports.

I love watching the game and finding insight, but radio talk takes it to the next level.

Everything can get blown out of proportion.

Sometimes we are a society that likes to talk about the problem rather than trying to fix it.

We talk about losing weight, but we don’t eat healthy.

We talk about moving towards our career we want, but do nothing to get there.

We talk about saving money but spend it as soon as we get it.

We like to talk.

We talk about other people, how we would do things different if we were them and how life would improve if they did things our way.

We also have a tendency to love someone’s life or what they have.

Jealousy is sometimes in the put we call our opinion.

Paul went and was sharing his message about Jesus.

Rather than listening to what he was saying, a group of people weren’t happy with the fact he was talking about Jesus.

So they did this in said in Acts 17:5…

“But the Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city.  They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.”

They were ticked and unhappy.

They didn’t like Paul and the message of Jesus, so they went on the attack.

Ever feel like someone has went on the attack on you?

When jealousy overtakes us, it keeps us from growing and becoming the people we are meant to be.

Rather than listening to what Paul had to say this certain group of people (I’m not saying Jews as a whole, because this was a small group of people with this faith) created a riot.

Do you think we are a society that is quick to judge and give our opinion, why?

In Facebook, people give their opinion and they like you as long as you say and believed what they believe.  I f you disagree, they are the same ones that say you aren’t loving, caring, showing grace, and judgmental just for not agreeing with them.

We get bitter, protective and possessive when people sometimes don’t agree with us.

I will admit, I will get like this at times and it’s a trait I am trying to improve on.

Do you find yourself being jealous, judgmental, hateful, over opinionated or u loving?

You don’t have to be this way.

You can be a different person, more loving, caring and graceful.

Which would you rather be known for?

Being jealous and judgmental or loving and caring?

Today, you choose.

Make the right decisions.

Though it all, Jesus loves you!

Have a great day!