Seasons and Sustainability
Today is a day a lot of folks have been waiting for. It’s the first day of spring. Of course that doesn’t mean the weather is automatically going to change from cold to warm but it does, at least, signal that there won’t be much more cold weather to come. This truly has seemed like a long winter. Here in western Kentucky the cold weather actually arrived prior to the official start of winter and it seems to have held on for dear life ever since. I don’t mind the cold that much myself but I am one of those looking forward to spring. It’s a great time of the year and probably my favorite season to photograph.
Those who have been worried that spring wasn’t coming had no need to be concerned. God Himself has guaranteed that the four seasons will continue as long as the earth remains. This, in fact, was what God told Noah after the ark finally landed. God said He would never destroy all living creatures again and then added, “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” (Genesis 8:22) Until the earth is no more the seasons will remain, as will day and night, for the God who created the world is committed to its continuation and sustainability. That is certainly good to know.
The question that should haunt a lot of people today is whether they are also committed to its continuation and sustainability. Far too many people are only concerned about the earth meeting their needs here and now. They are not thinking about the fact that how we use the earth’s resources today will determine what the generations that follow us will inherit and how they will live their lives. If what we leave for those who follow us is a depletion of the planet’s resources, dirty air and water, and an altered climate we are guilty of a horrible sin.
God clearly reveals that He stands committed to keeping the earth going but as with so many other things, He depends in part on us to make sure that His will is done. Are you doing your part? To insure a viable future for those who will follow us we must!
–Chuck
(I took the top image at Hawksnest State Park in WV, the Dutchmen’s breeches in Great Smoky Mountains NP, and the western cottontail at Devil’s Towers N.M. in Wyoming.)