Protecting Mother Nature
Do we need to get angry to defend nature? Imagine you are an individual who has the utmost respect for nature-you recycle, take nature hikes, donate to Greenpeace, and work in your garden as a daily ritual. Your neighbor on the other hand has litter strewn about their front lawn, weeds are creeping from their side of the fence and mixing with your cherished rose vines. Pots with neglected water-starved plants adorn their entry way-reminiscent of a time that some attempt was made to beautify the entryway.
You feel a twinge of remorse for these misguided folks, but then the next moment you see someone stepping out the front door and dumping a dirty oily stew of some kind on one the hedges.
What is wrong with these people? You want to ignore their utter disrespect of God’s gifts, but your attention is always turned in the direction of all the injustices. If a child was even thought to have been mistreated you could call Child Welfare services. If a puppy were being beaten on the doorstop you could call animal control – but who is going to protect Mother Nature?
Environmentalists handle the crusades which touch the masses – the vanishing endangered species, global warming, the destruction of the rainforests, etc. – but what about the day to day disregard we witness in our neighborhoods. Ever see someone throw a cigarette or a soda out a car window? Remember that hopeless twinge you felt in your chest. Did it tick you off? Did you want to follow them? Did you ever want to leave a suggestive note on your neighbor’s front gate or in their mailbox?