British summer time ends this weekend. Clocks go back an hour and officially winter begins.
The added luxury of an extra hour before getting up will, of course, be very welcome; far less will be the darker nights as winter takes its grip. The weather forecast is giving us more rain this week and it really feels as if winter is already here.
What a difference to last week when it still seemed like summer. It’s almost as if we sometimes experience all the season’s weather in a week!
It may be that the climatic changes are beyond anything we can control and have to do with natural global process. On the other hand most experts agree that our disregard for the good of the environment is causing great damage.
Increased emissions are destroying natural defenses and we hear again and again of melting glaciers which, if trends continue will all but disappear in generations to come. The natural order is under attack through the excesses of our lifestyles and there seems to be little appetite to deal with these concerns which increase year by year.
We do have a responsibility in ensuring that we preserve and care for this planet earth. The Bible speaks of us being ‘stewards’ and that means we have that responsibility given to us by God to preserve and honour his creation while we are here.
In this lies our commitment to modify our lifestyles to ensure, as one environmentalist said recently that we leave only footprints in the sand and a legacy of hope and not disaster for those who follow us.
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