When I was much younger, I actually had many questions about mother nature. One of them was, "Did God ask us to take care of this planet?" And of course, soon enough I learned that it is our responsibility to take care of the planet!
Does that mean that I can't drive my car anymore? But I'm a woodcutter and I cut trees, what now? Well, no I'm not saying that we should completely cut off from driving cars and cutting trees down. You see, this planet took super long to become what it is today, and it's going to take hundreds of years to grow back to its natural state! This calls for a balance! What does balance have to do with this? Everything! Maybe if we stop over-cutting trees on our planet, start car-pooling with each other, yada-yada and so many more little things we can do to help reduce the amount of damage we've already done to the world! I believe we can help this world heal itself slowly when we take care of it!
I'm going to write out a long passage. From the Bible, the book of Genesis 1:27-31 says, "So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.' Then God said, 'I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds of the air and all the creatures that move on the ground - everything that has the breath of life in it - I give every green plant for food' And it was so. God saw all that He had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning - the sixth day."
Let us analyze it slowly, God created the earth brilliantly, He is such a Genius that it was all His idea! And I believe He created planet earth for us men and women to live in! He didn't create it for us to destroy it! He told us to be fruitful and increase in number (Multiply), and fill the earth and subdue it! Subdue means conquer, God asked us to conquer the world which also means taking care of it! What do Prime Ministers, Presidents, Generals, Leaders do? They not only conquer the nation/army/team, but they are also asked to take care of them! God made everything for us, and asked us to tend His creation! So it's time we think twice and ask if we are tending His creation or ruining it!
It is an adventure and responsibility that God has given to each and every one of us to take care of our planet earth. If the earth dies, what will happen to us? But if the world lives longer, so will humanity! Come let us take care of the world together =)
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