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Sunday Worship (February 15)
When I was 10 years old, my Girl Scout troop gathered in the parking lot across the street from a busy shopping center. And we did this not to sell cookies or earn our badges, but to pick up the trash that had littered the green space. As we spread out, equipped with trash bags and gloves, I stopped to pick up a fast-food bag filled with an empty French Fry container, a crumbled-up hamburger wrapper, and an empty soft-drink cup, and I noticed two squirrels scampering above me in the trees. I remember thinking, “Why are people so disrespectful to nature? This is the animal’s home, and look what people have done to it.” “All this trash lying around is so disgusting!

No one had prompted me to think this way, so I have always believed that this disappointment at the neglect of creation came from our Creator God. I remember that after we finished picking up all the trash, the number of bags collected totaled fifteen! At the end of our clean-up event my Girl Scout leader, for the first time, began to talk to us about the effect of litter on God’s creation. I will never forget the tears in her eyes and the sadness in her voice as she pleaded with us, saying, “We must take care of God’s world.”

Indeed, scripture tells us that when God created the world, light and land, oceans and skies, plants and creatures, God looked at it all and declared it good. God never meant for us to live in a rush or to live carelessly, but to be intentionally caring for God’s creation. The intricate details of creation reveal God’s love for all that God has made. The symmetry of a snowflake, the veins of a leaf, the way birds know when to migrate, the balance of ecosystems that sustain life. These details are not accidental; they are expressions of God’s love and creativity. They are also proof to us that God is omnipotent and omnipresent.

So, creation care is more than an environmental trend; it is a faithful response. When we tend the earth, reduce waste, protect water, and respect living things, we mirror the Creator’s own care, and we honor the goodness God proclaimed from the very beginning. Like my Girl Scout troop, we learned that small actions do matter and they do make a difference. Our love for God naturally grows into love for all of God’s creation. May we open our eyes to the beauty around us, give thanks for its goodness, and live as careful stewards of the gift entrusted to us.

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