What does it mean to be a caretaker?
August 29, 2008I’m not a “green” person. I don’t worry about how I can conserve more energy, how I can avoid needlessly filling landfills, or worry about the ozone being destroyed. And yet, I have been inundated with articles about good stewardship and what it means for us to be Christians and live on the earth. I’m much more the type of person to worry about people, but I am feeling convicted lately. In the beginning God created the world and it was perfect. He then entrusted his perfect world to humans to care for. If a mother were to entrust her precious child to me I would not treat said child like I treat the earth. I am beginning to believe that it is my responsibility to care for the earth in a similar manner as I care for people. I’m not sure what all I can do though. I would greatly appreciate your suggestions/ideas! Here are a few things I have been doing/am starting to do:
1. Combine trips and accelerate slowly to conserve gas.
2. Do not leave the water running the whole time you are brushing your teeth/washing hands.
3. Use cloth/re-usable shopping bags.
4. Use both sides of a piece of paper.
5. Recyle.
6. Replace your light bulbs with the new florescent kind.
It seems like a pretty pathetic list to me. So help me think of ways to be a better steward of this land God has entrusted to us!
Grow a garden, plant a trre, hang your clothes to dry, use a glass for water not a bottle, don’t buy things you can’t recycle, get CF light bulbs….. there is an endless list of little things we can all do.