Julle sal onthou hoe 'n groot ding 'human-rights' geword het sedert die begin 90's. Daar is deesdae 'n alternatief hiertoe en dit is 'earth-rights' of 'ecological-rights' en die oproep dat ons nie die reg van die ekologiese-organisme moet skade doen nie en in ag moet neem met hoe ons leef. Dalk moet ons 'n hof vir ekologiese-regte begin: en dan het ek nie oliemaatskappye ingedagte nie, ek het sommer ons gesin ingedagte... Henri Nouwen help my om die 'reg' van die skepping beter te verstaan...in vandag se dagstukkie...
The Sacredness of God's Handiwork
How do we live in creation? Do we relate to it as a place full of "things" we can use for whatever need we want to fulfill and whatever goal we wish to accomplish? Or do we see creation first of all as a sacramental reality, a sacred space where God reveals to us the immense beauty of the Divine?
As long as we only use creation, we cannot recognise its sacredness because we are approaching it as if we are its owners. But when we relate to all that surrounds us as created by the same God who created us and as the place where God appears to us and calls us to worship and adoration, then we are able to recognise the sacred quality of all God's handiwork.
How do we live in creation? Do we relate to it as a place full of "things" we can use for whatever need we want to fulfill and whatever goal we wish to accomplish? Or do we see creation first of all as a sacramental reality, a sacred space where God reveals to us the immense beauty of the Divine?
As long as we only use creation, we cannot recognise its sacredness because we are approaching it as if we are its owners. But when we relate to all that surrounds us as created by the same God who created us and as the place where God appears to us and calls us to worship and adoration, then we are able to recognise the sacred quality of all God's handiwork.
