"A new commandment I give you, thou shall not destroy the earth"
How is it that God created the ground, the earth and called it good and somehow we care more about large muti-corporations than we do the land? When our farming practices are stripping the land, whatever happened to the medieval Christian view of "holy earth?" Just like Abel's blood was crying out for justice, what about the blood of the earth crying out to justice to God today.
We think the dirt is dirty and so w call things dirty "soiled." But what if the soil is holy and sacred and good? In the soil is life and its time for the church to reclaim dirt beneath our feet. Jesus blood was spilt upon the dirt. Does not his blood redeem the earth as well? Does not our planet need healing and restoration?
I am doing a funeral this week and the conclusion of it will be lowering the body into the dirt. Is it possible for people to have an earthy spirituality today and even find God in the dirt? People have become so confused about heaven and the afterlife. Do we need to be confused about the garden of God's green earth and God is here in the dirt with us.
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