When you think about what your family throws away everyday, it’s probably overwhelming. It has been for Karen and Melissa, who are both sharing with us today on how this chapter on Waste affected them. We’d love for you to add your voice to the conversation, too!
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{Via Karen @ The River Into Words}
…Upon arriving back in America (with our cloth diapers in tow), I couldn’t wait to throw away some stuff. All the stuff. Oh what freedom was to be had in just throwing any old thing away.
But… I couldn’t do it. I’d hold my hand over the trash can and fret. Where will this broken plastic container end up? How long will it rot (or not rot) there? And this sock? It has no partner, no use to us, but when does synthetic fabric break down? Do I just throw. it. away?
This is why Jen Hatmaker’s chapter on Waste in her recent book 7 speaks to me. Jen recognizes and calls out the hyprocrisy modern Evangelicals perpetuate: we advocate for the redemption of souls, the regeneration of hearts and lives of eternal worth, while we abuse and misappropriate the earth’s resources for our temporal, costly comfort.
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{Via Melissa @ Spouseisms}
Jen likened God’s earth to our kids’ artwork brilliantly. “If I don’t preserve their creations right now, one day I’ll have bare walls because I squandered these beautiful offerings when they seemed so plentiful”.
This is not an effortless task. When was the last time you did something of generational-thinking that was simple?
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