God so loved the cosmos

Thursday March 19^th, John 3: 16" For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. A better translation is that God so loved the cosmos that he gave his one and only Son. It is not just about us, it is about the whole world. When we pay little attention to the destruction of this planet through climate change, we give little heed to the cosmos God so loved. When we allow our addiction to oil drive our ways and wars, killing not only our brothers and sisters in Christ over there, but also our own grandchildren and great grandchildren right here with the pollution we create, we give little heed to the cosmos God so loved. God so loved the cosmos, and we are called to do the same. For God did not send his Son into the “world” to condemn the world, but to save the “world” through him.  Like the old Carly Simon song, You’re So Vain. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQZmCJUSC6g) I bet you thought this verse was about you.  It is about “us.”  All of us.