As I was waiting for my pizza pie to be cooked on Friday night my attention was drawn to the restuarant's TV. They had the Glenn Beck Show on and Glenn and some christians were discussing how they felt that the "naturalists" were trying to brainwash our children into worshipping Mother Earth through teaching them to become more Earth-friendly. Well, being the open-minded person that I am, I sat down and I listened to what they had to say.



Their whole problem seemed to stem from their belief that we were not part of this Earth. I got the distinct feeling that they were saying we are above the Earth and all that dwells in it. Glenn Beck even commented, "I know that I am not part of a tree. I can appreciate the tree but I am not part of it", mind you, I am paraphrasing here! They all agreed, like I'm surprised at that notion, that we were created by God and so were these "things" but we are somehow different, better.



The lady, let's call her Rosa, summons me to the counter and hands me my hot steaming pizza pie and I head home to three ravenously hungry boys. All the while, and over the weekend, I keep thinking about this show and the thoughts and beliefs expressed on it. So this morning I get up and start my reading ritual and I start with the Tao Te Ching. I read verse 34 which kind of goes into this whole creation idea and I had a light bulb moment. I'm having alot of those lately and let me tell you they can be blinding at times.



The first thing I want to share is these few sentences from this verse in the Tao Te Ching and they are; "The great Tao flows everywhere. All things are born from it, yet it doesn't create them. It pours itself into its work, yet it makes no claim." I found this interesting because it clarified something someone said to me yesterday. They said, "God is everywhere and we are a part of him, but he didn't create us." Well, being raised Pentacostal Holiness my whole life, of course, at first I rejected this belief. Then, like always, I ponder on it, let it stew for awhile, and then if it's something I have called into my life to learn, I will usually get some confirmation a day or two later. This verse was that confirmation.



It makes perfect sense! If God created you than you would not be part of him. Let me explain, if I create a mug at the pottery class at the local college, am I in the mug? No! I believe what the bible says! I know, I know, you are all just gasping right now while I'm grinning! In the Bible, in Genesis chapter 2 Verse 7 it reads; "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." So, we are a little more connected than Glenn Beck and his buddies would like to admit. We did come from the Earth but God breathed his spirit into us. That is why the bible says, "Do you not know that you are the temple of the Holy Spirit?" A temple is a grandiose analogy, when basically what God is saying is, you are a vessel, just like the mug!



So to sum things up, as I always do, your body is the mug ~ which is just a mug, empty and useless, until it is filled with the most delicious hot coffee you've ever dreamed of having touch your lips. We did come from the Earth, just like the clay that made the mug, and then God poured himself into us. You are part of him, just as much as the coffee in the mug is part of the coffee in the coffee pot. You came from the Source and you are still part of the Source. God says in His word, "Nothing can seperate us from the love of God." God is Love! You are Love! And whenever you step away from love, you are out of balance, you lose your peace, and you lose your purpose, because Sweetheart, you were made to love.



So when we walk in love we are living our divine purpose. When we take care of the Earth, we take care of our "mug"! The tree, the grass, the flowers, the water, the animals, they are all from the Source, God, and just like a fine piece of china that was given to you from a loving friend on your wedding day, you should treat it with respect and honor. What we treasure we protect. This Earth was not made for you to use up it's resources and defile it. It was made for you to enjoy and adore. All the beauty that surrounds you when you are in the middle of "nature" is a beautiful, living, gift from your beautiful living Mother. Treasure the Earth, love her and thereby love yourself.



I always find it interesting when people have to label something wrong or evil so they can be right or good!