Earth Day - Sunday's Music

I just heard that today is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Without wanting to stir reaction from any of the extreme camps on this issue, Earth Day fits in great with this Sunday's music so I'm going to blog about it.

The beauty of the earth. Wow! You could write for days and not tell all of the beautiful things God created as part of this wonderful earth: desserts, oceans, mountains, valleys, coast lands, wet lands, red dirt, black dirt, waterfalls, lakes, streams, rivers, trees, flowers, grass, the sky, rain, clouds...

Do we need to take better care of the earth? Absolutley. One example... There's a spot in the Pacific Ocean - Great Pacific Garbage Patch - that some say is the size of Texas. Others say it is the size of the continental USA. Either way its a big mess that we should be concerned about and actually DO something about.

Do we have global warming? Hmmm, not so sure on that one. The numbers in some of the studies were cooked. Oh, that's funny. Cooked numbers about being cooked. Haha. An accidental funny.

Cherry tree at my home in Whites Creek

(The house comes with the tree. Call me. I'll make you a deal.)

Is the world a beautiful creation of God? If you don't know the answer to that one you haven't been paying attention. This Sunday - since we're right in the middle of Spring and everything is soooo gorgeous - we'll be singing All Creatures of Our God and King, God of Wonders, and For the Beauty of the Earth.

The choir will be singing The River of Life.

Here's are some verses for your consideration on this 40th anniversary of Earth Day.

Genesis 1:1 NAS In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

One of my favorite verses (and chapters) about Jesus.
Colossians 1:16 NAS For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities -all things have been created through Him and for Him.