Christian Conservation - thoughts on Human, Technology and what we're doing to our planet

I have never written a blog before but I am guessing it's like a diary that everyone can read. Interesting; so, now you will get a glimpse of the battle I have in my brain as I drive the interstate home most days.

There is something out there called Christian Conservation. I am sure you have heard of it; it is becoming more popular in mainstream churches attended by younger people. Excessive consumption and disregard for our environment has left us empty and devoid of feeling toward those of God's creatures that have no voice and cannot compete with the works of man, his bulldozer, and his lust for "things" and his pollution.

My husband and I watched the BBC's documentary Planet Earth a couple of months ago. It is amazing, the landscapes, climates and animal diversity that has been God's creation for millennia captured on film for us to view. The unfortunate conclusion after watching such a documentary series seems to be that the hands of man pollute the beauty and purity of the earth. How sad that some of the creatures we watched on this video, in time, will disappear forever from the planet and our children will only be able to see digital imagery of what once was. Perhaps we need to go back and read the Old Testament: The very land itself becomes polluted by the sins of its inhabitants (Jer. 3:1-3), and its beauties are destroyed by human pride (Is. 2:12-17). There is a Christian responsibility for nature that has been forgotten that we as a people, with our intelligence and resources need to reclaim.

Forget the polar bears not being able to swim from ice shelf to ice shelf and drowning; forget the primates of Africa, our closest relatives, becoming extinct; I hope to one day see these creatures of strength and resiliency for myself but for now let's come back to my drive home every night; this is the season that the DMV and other agencies remind drivers to watch out for deer. I know that many regard deer as vermin, like rats, and I know they like to eat everything out of the garden; but I also know that they were here first. How can they compete with hulking mass traveling down an asphalt roadway at 65 miles per hour? Sometimes I wish we could just press pause on the recording of life and take a look around to what we have done to our earth.

So, when I drive the interstate at night, the lights of the vehicles brightly, weaving and winding on the path, like snake on course to please its desires. I look on the grassy banks and see groups of deer grazing, then a little while later a corpse. Does anyone stop and think about the spirit of this creature, that God made, where does it go? As a society we keep pets on our terms. In nature, we corrupt and spoil the land so creature and plant cannot survive. What would happen if we as a people redirected our frantic forward movement to technological advancement was redirected preserving our planet? Perhaps in the future the thread of the idea of Christian conservation will continue to develop within the body we call church, true harmony to pass on to generations to come. source>>>

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