Going Green....

I've been thinking a lot about our cultural tendencies. We (I say we because I am included in this group as much as the next guy) love our stuff. We love our comfort. We love having and obtaining what we want. I've got my wife and two kids in a SUV for safety. I've gotta say I love that heated leather seats await me inside my cozy two-car garage. Pretty much we respond to desire faster than the right thing. Take 'going green'. Now that it's trendy, the cool thing to do. More people are doing small green things. For some it's not the trendiness that gets them, it's the whole 'what's in it for me' thing. I get that. I tend to be me first more than I should. Especially as a minister (wow, did he really say that? Isn't he supposed to be better than me so that I can strive to be like him?) Yeah, maybe so. All I can promise is that I am called and I am growing and God has gifted me with His Spirits guidance. Yeah, His guidance as a leader, but I'm speaking more about His guidance that says, "Jeremy, I'm not letting you act like that. You know I love you and love those that this decision will hurt. It's not all about you, if you'll love like I am calling you to love, you'll be taken care of. You do trust me don't you Jeremy?" That's the kind of guidance I'm talking about. The kind that empowers me to be holy for He is holy. The kind of guidance that guides my steps and directs my paths.

Wow, I digress. Talking about going green and the pull for "me" mentality. Now that going green can actually save you money in certain ways is appealing to some. Evangelicals (that's what most of us who are reading this are.-religiously speaking) have unfortunetly been slow at best, resistant and beligerant at worst when it comes to environmental issues. (Oh no, Pastor Jeremy has gone tree hugging liberal. He wants us to pray to trees and respect Mother Earth--hold on one sec. Don't write me off yet). All I am saying is that true Followers of Christ should take the whole stewardship thing pretty seriously. If God created the whole world and it was good and He placed man in charge, we should probably take that job seriously.

I simply wanted to take this time to cause us to pause and think. Maybe we can do things better. Maybe we can open doors that are closed since our actions have caused others to think we don't care, we are consumers and not concerned with future. Sure we have dominion but not destruction. Well, hopefully God will work this out in us.

God bless.

God's grace is still amazing....