Tuesday, July 20, 2010

My dearest God,

O Lord, as you look over your creation, do you still call it good? Do you ever think it was a mistake to give the earth to humankind? Are you disappointed in us as caregivers?

As I drive down the road viewing the trash, rubble and debris left by careless individuals, I wonder what this planet will look like in 50 years, even 10 years. As I consider the way we lack a real desire to keep it clean, allowing its natural beauty to glow, I wonder just how much damage we will do in the years to come. Like the oil spill in the Gulf.

Teach us
to love
what you love,
O God.
Instill in us
the desire
to care
for your
many gifts
to us.
Remind us
that our ability
to destroy
could one day
be greater
than our ability
to rejuvenate.

Love, Andrea