I wonder sometimes how many of us stumble through life, hoping for God’s grace for the mistakes we make and knowing that we can live joyfully when we receive His forgiveness. There are new ways to think about the certainties of life. The surest way to God is through Jesus Christ. The birth of Christ was a sure sign of God’s love for the world, and the Sabbath is the pinnacle of God’s creation.
Why do we look to heaven rather than looking at what we have done to destroy the world? We worship God but do not take care of His creation. We all need to realize that our survival as a world depends on all peoples taking care of what God has given us. We need His love to survive the negativity we have created and we need His forgiveness for the destruction of all of His gifts. One of the biggest things we need to do is to communicate to each other new ways to care for our world, but we all know that communication among nations is, in many cases, next to nothing. We have become a selfish world, wanting to take care of our own problems and seldom caring for the needs of others. To deny climate change is just wrong; to develop strategies to save our planet not just for us but for generations to come should be our highest priority in our own country and with the United Nations.
If we do not change how we treat one another and how we take care of God’s gifts to us, we will surely cease to exist, and our inaction will make God cry. His unconditional love created the world for us; we must unite and return our love to Him. Otherwise, why are we here?
Anna Hartt
