Dear community of @steemchurch with the purpose of "Caring for the creation of God", I present a publication oriented to the environmental education of children who will have the responsibility of multiplying their love for the care of the environment.
You want to know what the Creation of God is, In the first verses (1-25) of chapter 1 of the genesis shows us how God made all things:
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was without form and void, and the darkness was on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters. And God said: Let there be light; and it was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning one day. Then God said: Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the firmament, from the waters which were above the firmament. And it was like that. And God called the expanse Heavens. And there was evening and morning was the second day. God also said: Let the waters that are under the heavens be gathered together in one place, and let the dry be uncovered. And it was like that. And God called the dry land, and the gathering of waters called Mares. And God saw that it was good. Then God said: Let the earth produce green grass, grass that gives seed; tree of fruit that bears fruit according to its kind, that its seed be in it, on earth. And it was like that. So the earth produced green grass, grass that gives seed according to its nature, and tree that bears fruit, whose seed is in it, according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the third day. Then God said: Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night; and let them be signs for the seasons, for days and years, and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth. And it was like that. And God made the two great lights; the greater luminary to rule the day, and the lesser luminary to rule the night; He also made the stars. And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule in the day and in the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, the fourth day. God said: Let the waters produce living things, and birds that fly on the earth, in the open expanse of the heavens. And God created the great sea monsters, and every living creature that moves, which the waters produced according to their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth. And there was evening and morning was fifth day. Then God said: Let the earth produce living creatures according to their kind, beasts and serpents and animals of the earth after their kind. And it was like that. And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and cattle after their kind, and every creature that creeps on the earth after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Our planet has seen one generation pass after another, and has had the ability to resist and continue to sustain life, although today the deterioration of nature and its exploitation has increased, that is why through the children that are our future we can fulfill With our responsibility to "Care for the Creation of God", it is necessary to strengthen the environmental awareness and ecological knowledge of children, to achieve the rational use of resources and sustainable development, valuing everything that our Creator has given us.
"When we talk about the environment, about creation, my thoughts go to the first pages of the Bible, to the Book of Genesis, where it is stated that God put man and woman on earth to cultivate and take care of it" . (2:15) "The righteous themselves will possess the earth, and will reside forever on it" (Psalm 37:29). We can all make Earth our eternal home, we just need to take care of it.
However, the hand of man has caused much evil to our mother earth:
... the atmosphere. "There is convincing evidence that the lower part of the atmosphere, the oceans and the ground are heating up [...]. Since 1950, the blame is mainly on human activities. "(American Meteorological Society, 2012)... soil. "Almost 50% of the land has been transformed by the direct action of man, which has seriously damaged biodiversity, the cycle of nutrients and climate." (Global Change and the Earth System)
... the oceans. "Approximately 85% of the fish stocks are overexploited, very small, have disappeared or are on the way to recovery." (BBC, September 2012)
... The Biodiversity. "Many scientists believe that [...] the culprit of [the next massive extinction], perhaps the fastest in history, is man." (Taken from the Internet address science.nationalgeographic.com)
It is necessary to explain to children that the main problems of the environment are generated by man: garbage, deforestation, forest fires, climate change, global warming, greenhouse effect, illegal mining, desertification, environmental pollution, degradation of biodiversity, of ozone, landscape and urban environment.
The environment must be an increasingly important issue for the society in which we live, but especially for the children who are the responsible generations to maintain and guarantee a planet without pollution.
It can be explained to children to recycle, separate garbage, take care of water, save electricity, plant trees, walk and ride bicycles, produce less waste, you can contribute to have a better planet. The important thing is to explain the value of caring for God's creation, and only if we take care of it can we enjoy our eternal home.
Environmental issues must exist today more than ever in the education of children from an early age, and the main task of parents is to provide this example of making rational and conscious use of natural resources and promoting environmental education that transforms the behavior of all children. children in environmental values to care for God's creation.
@naty16 from @steemchurch, invites you to take care of our natural resources and live to achieve it every day, promoting environmental education in children: we can avoid pollution and help to have a greener world by planting trees. We are so many that if each one puts a grain of sand we can achieve it!