Instructive Moment about the Patience of God
I very much appreciated Gire's interpretation with all the references from Isaiah. He paints an understandable and logical picture of a people whose own self-absorption and corruption have led to final ruin.
He could easily have been talking about America in the present. But he could easily have been telling a parable about all human beings as well. Given a lush and fertile vineyard (Earth) and entrusted with the care of it, we have raped her topsoil, exploited her resources, turned her rainforests into wastelands, diverted ecosystems to our own selfish use, enslaved each other with lies/promises of getting rich quickly... the stone walls are ready to crumble. There have been plenty of prophets who have warned us about global warming, the results of a nuclear winter, the importance of zero population growth... but we shush them up, buy them off, call them crackpots, kill them in the media.
And when the favored son comes... we will destroy him too. If we can. If we haven't already killed each other before he gets here.
The prayer itself was somehow very comforting to me in the midst of all the turmoil in our world. "Help me to be a good tenant of the little acre of life you have entrusted into my care." I may not be able to change the way the world runs itself. But I can sure change the way I run...
He could easily have been talking about America in the present. But he could easily have been telling a parable about all human beings as well. Given a lush and fertile vineyard (Earth) and entrusted with the care of it, we have raped her topsoil, exploited her resources, turned her rainforests into wastelands, diverted ecosystems to our own selfish use, enslaved each other with lies/promises of getting rich quickly... the stone walls are ready to crumble. There have been plenty of prophets who have warned us about global warming, the results of a nuclear winter, the importance of zero population growth... but we shush them up, buy them off, call them crackpots, kill them in the media.
And when the favored son comes... we will destroy him too. If we can. If we haven't already killed each other before he gets here.
The prayer itself was somehow very comforting to me in the midst of all the turmoil in our world. "Help me to be a good tenant of the little acre of life you have entrusted into my care." I may not be able to change the way the world runs itself. But I can sure change the way I run...
posted by Claire Joy at
8:22 AM
2 Comments:
I know exactly what you mean, CJ and I, too, found the prayer to be a comfort. As long as each person tries to minimize their effect on the land by reducing waste, buying only what is necessary, trying to support clean up efforts and things like organic gardening and safe products, we can at least slow down the destruction. However, I have often wondered - like you - if there will be anything left for God to return to when the time finally comes...
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HeyJules, at 8:55 AM
Thankfully, the Scriptures promise that Christ will return before man has completely destroyed his world.
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Pilot Mom, at 10:07 AM
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