I hardly ever blog any more….time is not available right now, but I plan to get back into it for lots of reasons. The primary purpose of my blog is to encourage the women who attend A&E at FBC Norco but sometimes I just share things that I am thinking about. Like this time.
Last night I had a terrible headache and ended up in my bed early. I took at nap at 7:00, woke up at 7:45 and decided to try to stay awake for a while in order to be able to sleep through the night. I flipped on the TV and it was on public television because my almost 4 year old had watched a program earlier in the day. Normally I would have changed it to a movie channel or network to be entertained but the topic on PBS was one that intrigued me…..and yes this will seem weird…. the disposal of plastic bags.
I usually don’t pay huge amounts of attention to environmentalists because they often come across as so in love in with earth that they forget the value of people. The earth is temporary, people are eternal, that’s the way I see it. However, I am ALL for good stewardship of the earth. I recycle, reuse, etc and I look for ways not to be wasteful. I never litter, etc. The guy speaking on this show seemed to have the same idea as me….do what you can intentionally. So I watched the entire hour of him talking about his journey into understanding what plastic bags (and other forms of plastic) are doing to the environment and I was inspired.
So inspired I decided to do my part! So here I am asking you to watch the trailer of the documentary and if you are so inclined to find the entire movie on an upcoming PBS station and watch. (The website www.bagitmovie.com has a link for available times.) The end of the movie has some practical things that ordinary people like me can do to help keep our God-given earth beautiful. After all man was given dominion over it (Gen 1:28) and my understanding of that is that we are care-takers. According to Romans 1, the earth displays the creator because it is too magnificent to have been a mistake. So I am inclined to want to preserve its beauty as a steward and for the glory of the Creator!
The Bag It movie was accidenyally viewed on PBS by myself as well last night. I’ve seen a number of ” better the planet” films… Food Inc. and so on. This was a heart attack of a scary wake up call !!! SCARY, SCARY SCARY !!! Please wake me up when the human race is done torturing itself, innocent animals and the planet that struggles to keep us going.