Loving the Whole of Creation

OMD!! Oh, My Dogs!!

I love my dogs, Casey and Sammie. They are both NJ Puppy Rescues. Casey is a Black Lab/Scottish Deerhound mix and Sammie is a Black Lab/German Shepherd mix. They remind me daily of how important the creatures of the Earth are to us humans. Every creation is a gift as the whole Earth is a precious gift. It is up to us at the top of the food chain to cherish all of creation and to be good stewards of all that God has given to us. (Psalm 24.1)

God calls us to care for all of creation, and especially for the future of the earth. ("Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others." Phil. 2:4)

The first Morristown Festival for the Earth event happens next Saturday, May 22nd, from 11am - 6pm on the Green. I hope you will take some time to join us in celebrating the Earth and educating ourselves on ways to help sustain it. See: http://sustainablemorristown.org/whats-happening for more information on next Saturday's event.

Let us take these words to heart as we ponder new ways to pray for the Universe we have been created within:

Love all Creation
The whole of it and every grain of sand
Love every leaf
Every ray of God's light
Love the animals
Love the plants
Love everything
If you love everything
You will perceive
The divine mystery in things
And once you have perceived it
You will begin to comprehend it ceaselessly
More and more everyday
And you will at last come to love the whole world
With an abiding universal love.
(Fyodor Dostoyevsky)