focus on making things better, not just less awful.

Monday November 21st, Ezekiel 34: I will judge between one sheep and another, and between rams and goats. 18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? 19 Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet? We have done a good job so far keeping the conversation on the environment about whether the water is clean or dirty and whether it is a natural occurrence or not. It is our way of actively not facing the fact that we are not doing enough to keep it clean no matter what the cause. Let us be honest, we use most of the worlds energy resources and in the process produce most of the worlds byproducts of using these resources. We are getting better, more efficient, cleaner burning, but we are also using more and the end result is that we are like a herd of cattle who are only concerned with getting a clean drink of water for ourselves, and if others live downstream, that is their problem. Jesus would remind us that it is our brothers and sisters as well as our children and grandchildren that live downstream. What is our muddied water and air doing to them? What will it do to our children? Our Grandchildren? Maybe it is time we put our focus on making things better, not just less awful.