Mother Nature & The Voice of God

We were on our way home from a nature trip in my friend's rest house-farm.  It was a wonderful, refreshing day enjoying the gift of nature - the greenery, the fresh picks, the sunny-cool breeze and the company of my very dear friends, Elaine & Joy.  We continued enjoying each others' company when Elaine received a text from her Dad regarding the calamity in Sendai, Japan.  We immediately tuned in to the news over the radio and the mood suddenly turned deeply serious...

What timing to receive such news.  After a glorious show from nature, it suddenly cried for HELP.  Mother Nature is trying to say something and it seems like humanity has not gotten it yet.  Not too long ago was another killer quake at Christchurch New Zealand.  What will be next?  Then this morning, I got this reading from the Holy Bible....


Isaiah 58:9-14

If you put an end to oppression, to every gesture of contempt, and to every evil word, if you give food to the hungry and satisfy those who are in need, then the darkness around you will turn to the brightness of noon.  And I will always guide you and satisfy you with good things.  I will keep you strong and well.  You will be like a garden that has plenty of water, like a spring of water that never goes dry.  Your people will rebuild what has long been in ruins, building again on the old foundations.  You will be known as the people who rebuilt the walls, who restored the ruined houses.

There have been a lot of campaigns for the care of the environment.  Not to discount the value & importance of the messages in these campaigns, I believe that there is something else that Mother Nature is crying out for - LOVE for one another.  It may sound clichéd but it is something that we take for granted.  Maybe the most appropriate topic for this would be the uprising in Libya but aren't these natural disasters happening side by side with it?  It's like Mother Nature trying to cry out louder.  Note the words from the above reading that pertain to the environment:

• the darkness around you will turn to the brightness of noon
• a garden that has plenty of water, like a spring of water that never goes dry
• what has long been in ruins, building again on the old foundations.  You will be known as the people who rebuilt the walls, who restored the ruined houses.

They are preceded by teachings about ending oppression, satisfying the hungry and the needy - all about LOVING one another.  We don't really need to put up projects for outreach to the poor & oppressed.  I believe we can start in our own small circle.  Is there someone at work who seems to irritate you?  Maybe it's time you widen your understanding where this person is coming from.  Is there someone in your family who has done you some unforgivable wrong?  Can't it be something that can be considered water under the bridge?  And many, many more.  I, myself, need to do some changes in my perspective in how I deal with others.

Start with really LOVING one another and maybe caring for the environment would follow easily.

In the meantime, I will maintain the value of environmental care & disaster preparedness and really start working on it for myself and my family.  As I go on this task I should start with that change of perspective about loving one another.  After this I promise to get back and post more updates on my new learnings and continue to pray for New Zealand, Japan and Libya.