LOVE OUR EARTH

Learning again from "The Happening," perhaps anyone who hasn't watched it should watch it first. Here you will see fiction defense mechanism given by trees against human. The fact is some plants are capable of producing special compound that makes living organism around it difficult to grow or even die, such as allelopathy. Well, I think after this we should reconsider hundred times about making trees angry.

We are not the only living creature who lives on earth. God has created plants and animals before He created us. He did give us a task to rule over/to have dominion over them, but in other Bible translation, words "take care" are used to describe the dominion. What is the meaning then? It's true that even God sacrifice Himself for us, human. It's true that we are placed higher than plants and animals. It's true that we have the authority upon them, but we also have an obligation to take care of them, to be nice to them.

A lot of evidence has showed us what will happen if we only consume from earth without giving "feedback" to it. Massive exploitation upon earth has resulted in contamination, scarcity, flood, landslide, global warming, and many others. What should we do then as Christians?

God creates plants but He also waters them. God creates animals but He also made them in pairs. He did it so that human can get benefit form them and, at the same time, keep their existence (again, for human's sake). The truth is He doesn't always take, but He also gives, and this is what we're going to do. Take what we need from earth, but don't forget to give back to earth; cut trees and plant trees, consume meet and breed cattle, use water and maintain wellsprings, rivers, seas, oceans, and etc. Love the earth just as it has given us a lot so that we can live. Don't make it "angry."

Dear God, thank you for giving me earth. Thank you for creating everything before creating me. Teach me to keep what You have trusted to me. I'm sorry if wasted it all this time. I might not be able to keep the whole land, but I can start it from my nearest area, my home, my city. Give us Your wisdom to run Your earth with knowledge and understanding. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

Gen. 2:15