Disclaimer – I am not a ‘tree-hugger’; in fact, I’m sure a few of my more earth conscious friends just spat out their coffee over the title of this post. To them I say, don’t give up on me, obviously I’m learning something from you. Some of the things I’ve learned from my earth conscious (green) friends: 1. We have 1 planet; it the one where we live so why not stop messing it up? 2. Everything has a purpose. If you end the life cycle of something, how can you be sure what else that will impact? 3. If the cures to what ail us are in parts of the earth and we destroy those parts aren’t we killing ourselves as well? I hear you, what do the above questions have to do with spirituality and how is loving the planet a spiritual concept? In my preacher voice, I’m glad you asked. A principle of spirituality is stewardship; managing resources, especially exercising diligent management of those resources that belong to another but have been entrusted to us. I’m a creative woman, but I cannot create a planet and if I can’t create a planet, I certainly can’t create a galaxy. Since science has yet to replicate the creation of the universe, I’ve reconciled in my mind that the universe’s creation was by performed another source. Furthermore, since that source created the universe (and neither I nor science can), the created belongs to the Creator (Ps. 19:1; Ps. 24:1; Job 24:11; Neh. 9:6). At best I’m a part time manager in the Creator’s storeroom (Gen. 2:15). Why should I exercise good stewardship by loving the planet. . . because its’ not mine but the planet has an owner and that owner has commissioned us to properly manage the planet where we live. Blessings, Rev. Antoinette
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AuthorRev. Antoinette Gatewood-Sykes, Inspirational Speaker Archives
May 2019
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