this is unclear/confusing. sorry.

uh...never mind that last post. ha.

anyways. I have learned a bunch today. I listened to a sermon series by Rob Bell called "God is Green", and I would recommend that you go download it from the Mars Hill podcast, and listen real well.

It is basically about how it was God's idea to take care of the world, and Christians have not stood up, and that is unacceptable. WE ought to be leading the way of living simpler lives.

Job chapters 38-41 are crazy. God is so in love with His creation, he goes on and on about wild asses, and hippos, and crocodiles. I was laughing out loud while reading this scripture. God is sarcastic and funny!
God is not at all about production, but pleasure from creation. And he's not about consumption, but celebration.
We shouldn't be asking ourselves 'what more can we make from creation for our good?" but simply celebrating is and delighting in it because it just is.

For instance....what do we do with flowers? well, we kill them, and then stare at them. So obviously, captivating beauty does SOMETHING to us.
God desires for us (whom He loves) to live in sustainable relationship with God's creation (which he loves). A proper relationship.

WE AREN'T DOING THINGS. WE AREN'T TREATING EARTH WELL.

We are exploiting his creation by using things for our own purposes without regard to their well being. (exploitation--whatever you need, consume what you need to get it)
We are being the entitlement of his creation--we are simply strangers in God's land.

WE NEED TO SIMPLIFY