Dementia for 2

My prayer partner and I have had this discussion many times although not recently.

She thinks that global warming is a hoax. I disagree. As a christian, this puts me in a very precarious position. I am definitely in the minority on this one.

I believe that God takes our lives mistakes and all and uses them to His glory. This includes the damage we have done to the earth. I don't believe that the earth should be worshipped nor do I believe we can undo the damage we have done.

Anyway, the verse she uses to back up her belief is from Genesis. Gen. 8:22 states, "While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease." She thinks this verse disputes the fact of global warming. But if you look at the verse that is not what it says.

What it says to me is this: "while the earth remains...." God did not intend for the earth to always be here. God knew before He ever created anything that Adam and Eve would betray Him in the garden. He knew and He still created them and all living things. Why? I don't know.

The rest of the verse deals with the seasons. "seedtime, harvest, winter, summer...." This does not say that all these things will remain in the same region of the earth as they are now just that they will remain. Who knows how what we have done to this planet will affect what we grow where.

Once I explained what the verse meant to me, she did not entirely concede to my point, but she did see where I was coming from. Maybe I gave her some food for thought. I don't know.

My beliefs do not keep me from trying to be less wasteful. I believe we were created to be "tenders of the garden" and we have fallen short of this.

My life is to be an example to others. While I know that I will never be able to live my life in the way God intended because of my own sin, I also know that God will "use me in my affliction" to His glory. (Is. 48:10)