I'm Just A Passin' Through

I wonder sometimes if scientists are really accomplishing anything. Or, are they simply dreaming up new ideas and scenarios of possible doom and gloom for our planet and the welfare of man so they have a job. I know many good things come from scientific research, I don’t dispute that. What I don’t understand is why we spend billions of dollars, annually, developing and using, weapons of mass destruction, “for our own protection”, yet continue to ignore the fact that we’re burning oil and coal, commodities with an expiration date, at an unprecedented rate with their replacement energy sources on the back burner with little or no funding. I’ve been watching a TV program about the rebuilding of a small city called Greensburg, Kansas. This city was virtually wiped off the face of the earth by an F5 tornado two years ago. Early on in the planning to rebuild, it was suggested that the city be rebuilt as “green” as possible. In other words, every building would be constructed as “environmentally friendly” as possible. The power source for the city would come from wind driven turbine generators and all municipal buildings would be built to the highest standard of efficiency outlined by the Federal Government. Things like geo-thermal heating and cooling, rain water run-off storage systems, solar panels for electric power and hot water use within each building, and the construction of the buildings itself is radical compared to standard construction. Well anyway, the people of Greenburg are putting out a lot of their own money to see this happen and the progress is slow but steady. What I want to know is why a couple of billion dollars can’t be dumped into this project just to show the world we can become friendlier to the environment without sacrificing comfort. But, what do I know? Maybe it’s better we bury our heads in the sand until the fuel runs out, then get to work on alternative sources of energy, if we’ve got any money or brains to do it with.
A little girl asked her mother, “How did the human race appear?” The mother answered, “God made Adam and Eve, they had children and so all mankind was made.” Two days later, she asked the same question of her father. He told her, “Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved.” The confused girl returned to her mother and questioned, “How is it that you told me the human race was created by God and daddy says we evolved from monkeys?” “Well dear, it’s very simple”, replied the mother. “I told you about my side of the family and you father told you about his.”
[Hebrews 11: 13-16] To do all we can to help protect and take care of what we have is a very noble thing to do. After all, this world doesn’t belong to me. I’m here for just a little while and everything I have is only borrowed. I should take care of it, for one day I’m going to have to give it all back. Like the song says, “This world is not my home; I’m just a passin’ through”. Even so, it seems more and more people are concerned with chlorofluorocarbons than the church of our Lord. Earth Day takes precedence over Sunday, pine trees over praying knees, critters over Christ and dead water over living water. Some treat heaven like Greensburg, a diluted dream or a fanciful fairytale, it can’t happen. Yet the people of Greensburg are making it happen one day at a time. A better country, a heavenly one, is waiting for those who desire living there. We’re all going to be disappointed in this life, but by faith we can enter into a life of bliss, through Christ.