It has been over a month since the loss of 11 men and the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Within another day we will hear whether BPs “Top Kill” attempt will be successful.

While the loss of even one human life is immeasurable, the sight of fouled marshes, oil covered pelicans, and dead fish gives us a picture of lesser losses that are also impossible to calculate.

In such helplessness, we sense together that something terrible has happened to what God created for his own pleasure (Rev 4:11)… and our survival.

Before this accident, many of us saw a lack of oil as threatening our way of life.

Now… can any of us even begin to imagine the implications of fouled waters, coastlines, wildlife, family incomes, regional economies…and what these costs also say about the countless other ways in which we are unintentionally ruining what God has created for his pleasure and our survival…

In addition to the wonder of creation that says so much about our Creator, am thinking of a white wedding dress, a newborn baby, a new carpet, car, or wardrobe covered with something that breaks out deep within us as we say, “This is mine. I will do whatever it takes to get it for my pleasure and survival”…

Could this be a moment to forget about blaming anyone… and to remember the only One who will ever be able to clean up such a mess… (2Peter 3:13; Rev 21:1).

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