It is easy to let go of the sight of the way in which Great Nature is interrelated and interconnected to humanity, inter-bound on the same history, moving in a harmonious and bound-toward-order collectivity forward into projected realities of the future, and in this unraveling of humankind and Great Nature, it is clear that the Lord's project of the history of humankind's redemption from the confines of living under sin into a freedom that is open to all and which releases baggage and sadness into solace, comfort, joy, hope, and gladness, with the foundation of the eternal Godhead's love emanating through his world, the world in which he is Sovereign Governor of All responding in compassion and a far-ward-stretching-wide wisdom to each action and thought in his compassion, kindness, justice, and love is driving forward the motion of the interexchange and continual progression of Great Nature and humanity. It is this driving force that buoys God's chosen people into a salvation that is pure in its fruit that characterizes the epicenter of upholding the stewardship of the Earth with an ongoing care amongst God and his children. The imperative of upholding the health of the Earth goes back to the dawn of humanity, as it was Adam and Eve's job to tend to the Garden of Eden. When Adam and Eve disobeyed and God levied them with the punishment of physical and spiritual death, God committed himself to a redemption history that would enable each individual, through Christ, to rid themselves of sin and with that reenter into a direct relationship with God that carries on into life eternal. By overcoming the power of sin through the power of the Son and by putting Jesus at the center of their lives, Christians bring their grace to bear in their works. All are invited into the Kingdom of God which is where God's grace, love, power, mercy, and forgiveness reign unadulterated in fullness and deeply in the lives of every believer and we are constantly confronted with the divinity which is our Lord, the Redeemer, the Maker, the Buoy of the Church.
Mother Earth, in her pre-ancient, primitive, animistic, bright fashion, preceded the light. In the beginning was God, the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. This introduction into existence, out of the void, into LIFE ETERNAL, the God of all Creation, brought about a perfect universe of which the Maker could clearly apprehend he was pleased. In his magnanimity, in perfect accord with His omniscience, omnipotence, omnipresence, and perfect essence (for God was perfect in the beginning and faith is for all of time), he perceived that he would be happier with company. In the first six days, God created the creatures that roam the earth, the birds that flock the sky, and the critters that swarm the depths of the sea, then He created Adam out of His own image to be a perfect companion to Eve, who he was to be her caregiver, and she would be his helper. Both Adam and Eve were made in perfection. Their disobedience in the Garden of Eden, to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, their one command from God, all he expected of them, simply to demonstrate to LIFE ETERNAL that they love Him, brought about a discord in the world that God has been in the process of making right again ever since.
by Ben Bussewitz, D.D.
To pray in the words your Father taught you
Catechism of the Catholic Church
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