As we reach the Sundays when we celebrate Harvest in our churches, we recognise and appreciate the beauty and diversity of God’s creation: from the miniature world of atoms and organisms to the very wideness of the oceans and the continents. Each contains their own beauty in many different forms, but they also play their own part in the circle of life. From the film “The Lion King” there is the wonderful song written and composed by Sir Elton John about that circle and how everything takes its place in turn and enables the world to stay in its rhythm. It’s only when we disturb the rhythm that things start to go wrong. We are all guilty, in one way or another, of disrupting the circle of life.
Sometimes it is difficult to live without using up some of the earth’s resources, so in those cases we need to find a way of replenishing what we use in order to keep the earth at its best. If you read the story of creation in the book of Genesis in the Bible, God gives humankind dominion over the earth and all that is contained within it, but that doesn’t mean we should neglect and not care for it. Just as we are all guilty of not using the earth properly, so we all have the responsibility for its well-being.
I pray that as we have all been given the use of the earth, we may learn to love and cherish the creation which God has given us, and that we might have the foresight to manage what and how we use all that God has given us. As we put our trust in Jesus for our spiritual well-being, so may we put our trust in the earth for our physical well-being.
May I wish you God’s blessings.
Revd Graham
