Last week I talked about environmental topics and failed to even mention that right now there are a gazillion gallons of oil being pumped into the ocean, and after 33 days we still can't figure out how to stop it. Does anyone else wonder if they ever really tried their emergency plans, or if they were just theoretical solutions on paper? I'd like to assume they're telling the truth when they say the depth of the leak is the reason for the unsuccessful cleanup, but if Tuesday's new plan doesn't work, maybe they should try SNL's advice (more of a mockery really): scotch tape mops to dolphins. It certainly couldn't be any less effective than their "Top Hat" and "Giant Tube" plans, and it would make a great reality TV show on NBC for the summer season.
Last week I also talked about how we sometimes refrain from making small stands in our lives because of public perception and the belief that those little stands probably won't make much of a difference in the grand scheme of things. Things like refusing to join in on water-cooler gossip, "I'm upset with my job because..." conversations, "so-and-so always does this..." statements, crass jokes, etc., and opting to focus on smart topics, deeper subjects, and encouraging conversations may seem small and maybe ineffective. But aren't the small details sometimes just as important as the big ones? Isn't a "light unto the world" still a light, no matter how small?
Look at the life of Christ for instance. Didn't Jesus do this constantly in His ministry; small and potentially insignificant acts? By healing a paralytic here, a blind man there, and other individual healings, He wasn't going to save the world. One may even ask why bother with such small deeds when He needed to have a global impact. It was these type of actions, though, that stood not only as a testament to His character and as a reminder that nothing is unimportant to God, but through them He changed lives. He gave them hope, a desire to change, a direction to go in, and a person to follow in their quest for meaning. He used person-to-person evangelism to change the world. Likewise, we can use moment-to-moment evangelism to change a person.
This week, continue to Go Green in your life and remove the "trash" one pop can, plastic bag, and candy wrapper at a time. It may be a small act globally, but it could be a huge act locally.
Brett "Since crude oil is really nothing more than compressed, decomposed animals, this spill is more of a liberation than a catastrophe, right?" Hibbler
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