Mother Nature or Father God
Again, I am disturbed. I have just seen an ad in the local paper that says, “Teach a child to love Mother Nature.” While just the other day on the national news, a commentator said that Mother Earth was showing her fury in regards to the number of volcanoes, tornadoes, earthquakes, etc that were happening. Now don’t get me wrong, I love nature and am in wonder of the seasons and the intricacies of plants, animals, weather and the rest of creation, but I have to ask why is it so easy for people to accept Mother Nature, but give not one bit of notice to Father God? Could it be that Mother Earth is safe? Everyone can accept her and believe that she is in control of creation after all, you don’t have to really know her or have a relationship with her. It is non-threatening. Father God is another story; He confronts us with our sin and tells us that we need His Son, Jesus Christ as a Savior. People don’t want to hear that, it is “offensive”. But what is more offensive--to h...