March 25, 2007

Things we take for granted

Read: Genesis 1:26-31

ODE TO THE EARTH

It's the mountains and valleys, the forests and flowers;
Its the sky overhead, and summertime showers.
Its the storehouse of waters, the source of our food;
Its the fish and the sheep and the giant redwood.
Its the place of four seasons, its day after night;
Its an empire of beauty, it is here there is life!
Who but the Lord could give sunshine and soil?
Who but He, gave us oceans and oil?
Think of the atom, the wind and the rain,
think of His gifts of colors and grain.
What price would you pay for the coo of a dove?
And how would you value a young mother's love?
Where but on earth are there children and air?
Where but around us a planet to share?
The earth is the Lord's, with riches unmeasured;
The home where we live, a world to be treasured.
We can spoil it, or keep it, as a land full fair,
for we are His stewards, His earth is our care.

CONSIDER THE EARTH, CONSIDER IT WELL !

Glenn DeLodder