Tuesday is Earth Day which began back in 1970. It began as an effort to raise awareness of the earth and the care for it. Today it is far more chic to "go green" than it was back then. Earth Day then was far more for the environmentalists and "tree huggers." Now even large corporations are going green and caring for the planet (though some are going green and selling organic all the while carrying out deplorable work conditions and putting small business out of work). The question is really about how we as the church are responding.
As we have recently begun studying Genesis it is very clear that God created the earth and was pretty pleased with it. God called it good. And God created man and woman to care for it. Some translations that we have today create the feeling that we have dominion over the earth in that we can use and abuse it for our purposes. The original words used, however, are much closer to the meaning of caretaker. God created us to be the caretakers of earth; to care for the earth as God's prized creation.
What are we doing to lead the charge in caring for God's creation?
Who is this guy?
- Trevor
- Findlay, OH
- I love my family. My wife is great. My kids are a riot. My dog is the best dog in the world. I love to read but I don't read enough. I love to watch movies but I don't watch enough. I want to write a book but I don't know what to write about. I want to golf more but don't have the time or money. Wow. Now I'm depressed!
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Certainly there are big efforts and little efforts. What are you doing as an individual? What can we do as a church community? Little efforts can add up to big efforts.
My friend Michele told me a Lent or two ago that her Lenten "sacrifice" was going to be conserving water. I thought she was a bit loony till she explained. She'd been thinking about how much water in a day that she wasted without really giving it much thought--things like running the water while brushing teeth or doing dishes, taking long showers, running water in between soaping or shampooing when you don't really need it, etc.
It got me thinking and has stuck with me. I can't run the sink while brushing teeth now without thinking, "geez, I should turn that off" and then turning it off. I think about it a lot now. But even better, I'm much more conservative on my water usage. It's a gift, something "good" from God, and I don't want to squander it. There are many places around the world, and not even just in other countries any more, where clean water is very much a commodity, and I want to be responsible with what water I do use. I know it's not much, but I think that's what caring for God's creation is all about. If we all do it, then it really does have a greater impact. So that's one way I'm trying to do my part.
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