I grew up around a farm in Southwest Oklahoma. As a kid, I was surrounded by livestock, pasture and ponds teaming with fish, frogs, snacks and turtles. Nature was all around me.
I always loved the smell of the fresh hay stacks after a summer rain and feeling the warm, cool air rush past my skin with the gentle breezes that would blow across the fields.
But now, I’m told that all of these things are in danger, and until this morning, I’ve never taken those messages seriously or given them much thought.
I stumbled upon a podcast today from a theologian in the northern United States. He talks a lot about caring for our earth and how its changing, getting warmer and warmer each year due to what humanity has done to it. Apparently our fracking, drilling, burning and usage is doing harm, and one day, all of those things I grew up loving, have a chance to be gone for good or changed forever. And I don’t want that to happen.
I’m not sure what I can do to help, but I’m happy to at least be more aware. To have listened, heard and begin to understand what’s unfolding. That’s step one. We’ll see what step two is.
-Cliff
Cliff’s Note: God created the heavens and the earth, and they were good.