Take me to your leader.

Greetings to all who read this blog. My name is Ryan and I am a friend of Chris. Although I like to think of myself as possessing stunning intellect and opinions that Micheal Ignatieff and Jack Layton should consider; I must confess that I am a simple tradesman. So please forgive my grammar and spelling errors... If they arise. Enough of my rambling, let's get to it.

So here we are at last. That month of March when Spring arrives, or tries to. That month where people send me birthday cards, and hockey fans realize that the flames have indeed screwed up their playoff bid. It is also the month where many people unite and celebrate "Earth Day". Every March 25 people turn off their lights for one hour and do their best help "mumsy" out. It may not be the worst idea in the world and having an awareness of how to be a good steward of our earth is indeed a good thing. So relax, I am not attacking "Earth Day". What I am attacking is this pervasive belief that earth is all we got and if we don't save it how will we be sustained. It has even started to infiltrate the Christian's mind that we must take action and join this crusade. The issue is that there is a fine line between stewardship and worship. If you don't believe me just observe a man polishing his sports car. When does maintenance become polishing your idol? Let's look into Romans shall we?

Rom 1:21-25 "For although they knew God, they did not honour Him as God or give thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity , to the dishonouring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen."

The last verse really sums it up "worshiped and served the creature (created) rather than the Creator". If you participated in "earth day" my simple challenge to you is why did you do it? Will the decay of earth really mean that the only source able to nourish and sustain you is dying? Or will you leave "Avatar" behind, and search for the One who created and sustains that which nourishes us? Romans 1:20 says "For His invisible attributes, namely, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse." Next time you stand by the ocean or overlook the Grand Canyon consider if what you see is what you need or if it's grandeur awesomeness is really a sign pointing you to the One who created it?