Resources and me

I just read an article concerning a law in Germany. People who waste food will be fined. In the article the writer quote the officer's word "ORDER WHAT YOU CAN CONSUME, MONEY IS YOURS BUT RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY. THERE ARE MANY OTHERS IN THE WORLD WHO ARE FACING SHORTAGE OF RESOURCES. YOU HAVE NO REASON TO WASTE RESOURCES."

What a profound philosophy! So thoughtful and appropriate! To think deeper, isn't wasteful will lead of shortage of resources? In addition, I think spending resources without replenishing resources will add on the wasteful effect.

In modern days, people spend so much of natural resources yet the replenishment of it is slow and little. We keep on downsizing natural jungles, instead we build concrete jungles which can never be compared to nature jungles. God created a wonderful world with perfect ecology system but human being slowly destroying it by our way of life. We pay little attention to the need to maintain healthy ecology system, claiming that we have money and we can spend it whaever way we want. We say we have to make progresses, developments and that is the sign of growth. Some natural things has to go to make soom for modernization. But sad to say that we use our money to spend wastefully on resources yet doesn't bring us the much advancement in life. There are still lots of people out there living in quite primitive lifesyle.

Oh human, don't you know that at the end of the day, we all have to give an account for everything we have done? Don't you know that we are just fellow steward of God's universe? The German officer said it right! Resources do not belong to us. It is meant to be shared by all human being on planet earth. God lend it to us, not sell it to us. We are not it's owner.

Having this thought will definitely change our way of life. We will in turn appreciate all the things we have or come across. Having a sip of coffee will be more meaningful and refreshing to our soul. We tends to give thank to the mighty Creator for the earth, the farmer for the beans, and the various service providers that bring the coffee to our table.

It's none of my business

I was reading the Facebook news about the little brown poodle dog being abused and the video clip for 15 minutes of abuse was published in YouTube. Many people wrote on facebook to show their concern for the poor dog. However, there's one lady wrote something like this, it is no use for people to write on facebook telling their anger on the issue as this matter is none of their business. It is up to the dog owner how to treat the animal.

Many times we have the same mentality with the lady. We try to avoid issues that is not directly concerned us. Sometimes things may happened just next us and we treat it as nothing happened. We tell ourselves, try to avoid conflicts or troubles by not interfering in the case. Didn't we realised that our silence may allow hurts or even death to a person or animal.

I felt sorry for the poor dog which is so helpless and fearful of its owner. It may felt confused and angry. Confused why human is so unpredictable. Sometimes pad its head to show love and sometimes ill treated him, made him stand on back legs for a long time which is not a natural things for dog. It felt angry because its loving affection was returned with abuse and pain. Ordinary dogs naturally are very loving and like to draw close to human. They will not attack people without a cause.

Does the matter really not concern me? May be we don't really know God.

When Isrealites were abused in Eygpt during OT time. If God were to take the attitude of it does not concern me, today Isrealites will remain living in Eygpt, as slaves.

Didn't God summon his people not to collect their crops to the fullest, try to leave some for widows, orphans and foreigners who stay in the country? Did God told Isrealites to care for their own issues only? Didn't God care for widows, orphans and the helpless one? Didn't God say to love your neighbours as yourself? No matter how bad a person is, he or she will not simply hurt themself. They will not inflict injury or pain to self.

Human (creatures) are walking against the rules of our creator (God). We violate the rules and guidance of God, which intention is to bring an upholding and healthy society. In return we hurt ourselves through ways of life that is unhealthy, chaos, careless etc.

It is concerned us. We are in the big society of the World. We are living in the same planet earth. If we are not careful, the virus of careless living, hatred, no self-control, selfishness, indiference will one day find us. Do you want to be affected with virus or you want to get rid of the virus before it is too late?

I definitely want to live in a warm society. Not in a cold cold corner of the world by myself.