I went to our local Soil and Water Conservation District banquet last night. A wonderful speaker, talking about the abundant life found within the soil and the importance of soil stewardship.
As Christians we know this message but need to be reminded of our roles. Genesis 1.8 And God called the firmament Heaven... Genesis 1.9 And God said,"Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the land appear." Genesis 1.26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion....over all the earth.
The soil is what gives life to everything. God gave this gift to us, a gift he created that was more important than us. In fact it was the first thing he created after Heaven. He then put us responsible for this gift by giving us "dominion" over the earth.
According to our speaker we have done plenty to destroy this gift of soil in our short time on Earth. We all know this to be true from deforestation to the dust bowl, the history of actions have been far reaching. Fortunately we have also learned lessons. Conservation practices are evolving and he showed us evidence of soils slowly recovering to their natural state, more microbes and organic particles after just a few changes.
I am proud of how Foods Resource Bank can also bring this knowledge to our overseas projects by promoting sustainable farming. I am also Proud of how we can help those caught in the destruction of mankind. Our local project (Somonauk and Earlville area FRB) is supporting villages in Bolivia and Paraguay that because of deforestation, the local villages need to change from hunters to farmers. Our efforts are helping them in that transition. Next post will cover that in more depth.
Serving together, Dean
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