leaving a...

...mark with a coffee cup is one of those no-no's that will get you in trouble with your great-grandmother, one of those people who receives applications, and the person who does your laundry. If you do you're own laundry then you have no one to be mad at but yourself. I love Starbucks, but one of my favorite places to drink coffee is the Cracker Barrel. For some, I have just blasphemed the name of the little god that's in charge of making coffee beans grow, but for my readers 50 and up (I don't think I have any), you're just excited that someone is talking about your hang-out spot! Cracker Barrel coffee is actually pretty good. The smell of barn, mixed with fire, mixed with coffee...it doesn't get a lot better than that.

At this fine dining establishment, they now have different colored coasters for decaf and caffinated coffees. This way you have to look under the cup to see what someone is drinking...go figure! Every now and then an over-zealous server with 5 stars on her apron will pour your coffee. She talking about how her grand-daughter just took her first steps and whoops, there goes coffee all over the table and your new seersucker shorts. After tending to your new (uncomfortable) 2nd degree burn you pick up your cup and there's a ring of coffee that has been left on coaster. The fact remains, the coaster and shorts will never be the same. The coffee and it's little-to-friendly caregiver have left their mark.

Isn't that what God's asking from us? Aren't we supposed to be leaving our mark on our culture? What are we doing to change the world? We must do more! We must leave our mark on our culture, church, and future. If we don't like the direction the ship is going in, then we must turn the wheel and leave our mark.

Here's to leaving a stain that's hard to get out!