A Balance

In this past week’s literature class, we started focusing on poems and literature that were nature based. The poem we read in class was entitled, “State of the Planet”. As usual, the first reading didn’t bring much understand to me. I found it to be really scatter brained and unfocused. But after a few times practicing Lectio Divina I got the feel for it. One student pointed out how the poem actually comes around and make a full complete story, a point I would have never gotten without her insight.


But beyond that, I found the conversation after the readings to be the most intriguing. My professor made a very thought provoking statement, “It’s doesn’t make any sense that atheist care more about this world (nature) than we (Christians) do, it doesn’t make any sense…”


I sat and I thought about what he said and I agreed. But I started to think was his statement accurate? Do non-believers care more about nature than Christians, the one’s who are suppose to take advantage of the blessing that God gives, not throw them to waste. So I applied that statement to myself, am I apart of the ‘go green’ movement? No, I don’t even own green clothing, at least no that I wear in public. I try to preserve energy, but it’s not constantly on my mind. It’s not that I don’t care about the planet, I do little things, but I know I could do more.



My mind continued to ponder, I found this subject really interesting; if my professor statement is true, why? Minutes passed by and a classmate and I started discussing what my professor said. She was also not a apart of the go green movement. Yes, she believed that are planet needs to be taken care of and respected, but she also believed there is a balance. She then went on to explain how she doesn’t understand how people could be overly concerned in helping our planet when there are thousands, if not millions of children and families, homeless, starving, or dying here in the US. She believed in helping others and making sure people, humans were taken care of. As far as the planet is concerned, she explained that it needs to be respected and treated with care. She made a good point that everyone has become too concerned with ‘going green’ that people have forgotten the starving and sick in our own country, not to mention the world.



I would have to agree with her on that, there is a balance, and we mustn’t forget the people in need but at the same time, care for the planet God has blessed us with.