Today's Journal
THIS IS OUR JOB II
In yesterday’s Journal entry I started ‘This is Our Job’ from this text: “Then God said, “Let us make man (or literally: mankind) in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth” (Genesis 1:26).The message is clear: Our Job is to Take Care of God’s creation.
I believe that would mean to keep sewage and trash out of rivers and streams and oceans.
I believe that would mean to keep plastic and non-biodegradables out of landfills, oceans, streams, rivers, every other blasted place that takes 500 years for them to decompose. (This is referred to as non-biodegradable. This term is used for materials—such as plastics, metals, and glass—that cannot be broken down by natural organisms (bacteria and fungi) and therefore persist in the environment for years or centuries.)
I believe to pollute the air we breathe with an inordinate number of pollutants is our responsibility to monitor.
I believe it is our job to protect our forests and deserts, rain forests, prairies, swamps, oceans, rivers, ground water and all water sources.
I believe we are called to protect our environment from overuse of insecticides, chemicals and destructive land management.
I believe farm and ranch land should be carefully protected and wisely used.
I believe we should recycle…seriously recycle.
It’s all just taking care of Eden like we were placed here to do. This is Our Job.
“My Father is always working, and so am I.” Jesus