"The Earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein" says Psalm 24. Today is the 40th observance of Earth Day. Is the world, the ecology, in a better place than it was 40 years ago? Have we at least been able to slow down the spiral of pollution and degradation? God created the world good. Humans are to be caretakers of the creation. The Study Confession of the PCUSA teaches us this:
Question 22. What do you understand by God's providence?
That God not only preserves the world, but also continually attends to it, ruling and sustaining it with wise and benevolent care. God is concerned for every creature: "The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season. You open your hand, you satisfy the desire of every living thing" (Ps. 145:15).
We are to be caretakers with God of God's creation. We, as humans, are to nurture it and sustain it, in the way that God sustains and nurtures us.
Often people think there is a divide between ecology and the church. The PCUSA has long affirmed caring for creation as a mandate from God.
Information may be found at: http://www.presbyearthcare.org/
