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By Art Fahy
08/05/21
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Good Orderly Direction
After living in the desert for thirty-eight years, a move to New Jersey and experiencing the four seasons, is quite a change. We purchased a condo and the entire east side of it faces a wooded area. Nature provides me with a gift of beauty daily. I experience nature changing its face every three months. The winter provides me with brisk air and a portrait of barrenness. Fallen leaves and branches cover the earth. Underneath Mother Nature is resting, preparing to sprout her beauty in a few months. But for now in the middle of winter more snow will sweep the area and more branches will drop to the ground under the weight of the snow and ice.

The spring rains are a refreshing treat. The ground soaks up the nourishment from the rain and sunshine. The floor once covered with dead leaves and branches turn green with new, healthy vegetation. Yellow daffodils scattered throughout the area contrasting against the green floor of the forest. The soft coo of morning doves is my alarm clock. Deer graze twenty-five feet from my home. Geese walk between the deer but the deer continue grazing. Squirrels hop from one tree branch to another. Nature is in motion.

Summer arrives and the area vibrates with energy. The red tail hawks glide through the blue skies looking for their next meal. Their menu includes small rabbit, squirrel, and rodents. Occasionally, a raccoon will mosey on the edge of the woods and climb a tree.

Autumn shows up and time for a bouquet of multi-colored leaves. As we drift toward winter the leaves break away from the branches and float to their new home. Winter is not far behind.

I am very fortunate. The area is not marred by man. Man, centuries ago, was given this land and all that went with it. It is our responsibility to care for it. Damaging our land hurts the human race. We have a spiritual connection with nature. If we take care of the land, it will take care of us. It is man’s responsibility to develop the land’s resources to be useful to the present population and future generations.

I look back on the plight of the bald eagle our national emblem and mascot. In the 1970’s, the eagle was on the endangered species list. It was not what nature did. It was on the endangered list because of habitat destruction, degradation and illegal shooting by man.Their food source was contaminated because of the pesticide DDT. To date 2,244 species are listed as threatened or endangered. There are 1,618 species listed in the United States.

Trash litters our oceans destroying coral reefs and killing fish. Large fish are trapped in fishing nets and left to die because they can not escape. The home of animals being destroyed. These animals are flocking into neighborhoods scared and confused about what is going on in their world.

There is no confusion in what God said in Genesis 1:28 in part, …“Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Rule means to manage. The Lord told us to manage our natural resources in a proper manner so they may flourish and glorify Him.

Can we say we managed our resources to the best of our ability? We will be held responsible for a our actions. With man’s proper management, nature can return to a good orderly direction.

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