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The Splendor of His Creation

 


Our world is a marvelous ecosystem where The Lord Trinity made all creatures, lands, seas, and etc (Genesis Chapter 1 & 2) and All was made through Christ, “Through Him (The Word, Jesus) all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” (John 1:3), and “For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.” (Colossians 1:16). The splendor of the forests of the seas, the sea weeds, the beauty of the birds and their cheerful song, and the cool wind that makes the trees dance. All of it breathtaking.  Sadly, much if it is eroding, mankind in its mechanical genius is building concrete jungles, overlapping the once serene hills in suburbs, paving over once lush places with asphalt and shops, and the wild life is left trying to cope.  


Part of our mandate as Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve was to steward the Earth, to take care of it and subdue it, “God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue (dominate, govern) it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” (Genesis 1:28). But greed, laziness, and decadence has made us shirk our duty. Last year species when extinct, “The extinct species include eight of Hawaiʻi's precious honeycreeper birds, the bridled white-eye and little Mariana fruit bat of Guam, a Texas fish, nine southeastern mussels, and the Bachman's warbler.” (https://biologicaldiversity.org/programs/biodiversity/elements_of_biodiversity/extinction_crisis/21-extinct-species-of-2023.html#:~:text=The%20extinct%20species%20include%20eight,mussels%2C%20and%20the%20Bachman's%20warbler.). The Serbian Tiger and Elephants are poised to go extinct, the 

colorful Chat with its yellow belly is on a watch list due to worry of population growth, the sea weed of the sea that provides 1/3 of our oxygen is being polluted by plastics and chemicals, and we keep harvesting the resources of the earth to the hilt, with silver running out, and some precious gems over harvested to extinction.  


We are doing a bad job. And while the Climate Alarmists have been hijacked by political lobbyists, there is something to be said that if we keep harvesting everything to the hilt, discarding our trash in nature, and tearing down God’s wonders to house 6 Billion who all want a five bedroom house with white picket fences and asphalt parking lots, that undoubtedly the ecosystem will be effected and we will see a change in our world, a loss of splendor. I have watched coyotes roam neighborhoods looking for lost creeks, Hawks who had trees they had nested in probably since Genesis looking on despair, and the rise of the lack of peace when the God made nature disappears. I fear we are living in The Lorax by Dr. Sues, particularly the newer movie with Danny Devito. Where we will light up fake trees with tunes and colors, and forget the splendor of God’s creation. 


Something’s gotta give. We Stewards have to find a equilibrium between comfort and caretaking this planet! Losing species on this Earth is a travesty! Our Almighty God made them as He did us! We were suppose to steward them and ensure their survival. The people of ancient times knew to not over-harvest, Medieval and Native American Tribes knew when they killed an animal to not just take its meat, but use every part of the animal, horns for weapons and cups, eyes for salves, furs for clothing, and etc. Now we have an assembly line, chickens bred and put so tightly in a cage, the birds look like a ballon of bodies as they defecate on each other unable to move. That is not a life! They are living creatures that if you try to hurt them can scream “help!” They deserve better! I am not saying forgo meat, but we can treat these birds that give their lives to feed us with dignity! 


I believe we will not answer only for the shedding of innocent blood (abortion) but for how we treated this planet and creation. That we decided our comfort was worth the cause of Extinction for species, that are decadence was worth the death of forests of both land and sea.  I think its grieves Jesus to see that which was “made through Him and by Him,” being destroyed and lost… I only hope we can wake up  before like in The Lorax (Illumination film) all the trees are gone… Amen. 


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