Land, Sin, Defilement

Lev 18:24-19:6         9/5/2017

Our sins affect the earth.

At once the most obvious of ideas, and yet one of the most radical.

What I do affects the earth – affects the quality of the earth. I can sin against the earth.

I have sinned against the earth.

I thought it was just me. My secret sins.

The whole earth is defiled.

The enlightenment has taught us to want to know everything and to want to live forever. It sonds accusational, but it’s just what we humans do. It’s what we can do.

But my sins affect the earth. And the earth won’t forever accept the nonsense. Like every nursing mother knows – this can’t go on forever.

It’s time to grow.

It’s time for me to grow up.