Jan.25:: PROTECTING OUR EARTH

I just heard the news on the Business Report. Insurance companies have been convinced of what most people didn't want to believe, that is, Global Warming is a reality. The water level is rising along the coasts. More tropical storms are ccausing greater damage to both the East and West coasts. With so much destruction demanding so much payout, Insurance companies are simply not renewing policies on houses built along the coasts. If you are rich enough to pay a stratospheric increase in premium, you can maintain your coverage. Interesting how our government has turned a deaf ear to all of the warnings but now big business has reacted.
The facts are clear: the glaciers are melting, the global temperature is rising, sea levels are rising, health and food production is changing, some specimens are becoming extinct. Yet major industry companies continue to oppose proposals to cut climate changing pollution. Mandatory controls on carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" are rejected. Look how long it has taken to finally get hybrid-autos on the road. We just keep building malls where trees used to stand and cover the surface with concrete and asphalt.
Galatians 6:7 (NIV) says "A man reaps what he sowes." We are doing this to ourselves! Genesis 1 relates that God created our world and then created man to take care of it and said specifically in verse 28 "fill the earth and subdue it". Man promptly concluded that he had permission to do anything he wanted to do with the earth and there never would be any repercussions. Boy, were we wrong! After the Flood God told Noah "never again will I destroy all living creatures." (Genesis 8:21) It looks like mankind wants to do the destroying. Recycling bottles and cans, using less electricity, stop using so many pesticides in the yard! When I threw away so many boxes and wrapping paper after Christmas, I grieved over the trees destroyed. Think about these things.

"When will we ever learn, Creator God, that we were to preserve our environment and not
destroy it. Somehow, teach us to have a sense of urgency about destroying our home. Amen"