Week 8: To Recycle or Not to Recycle?

Recycling, upcycling, "going green." Society today is consumed with saving the planet and bettering it for future generations.

I used to adamantly say, "What's the point of recycling? This world can't perish until God destroys it." Honestly, that is true. Also, I know that we should care about and for the earth—God "put (Adam) in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it," (Gen 2:15 ESV) and Genesis 1:28 says that God told man to subdue and have dominion over the earth—but failing to recycle some plastic bottles won't destroy the planet.

I heard one friend put it this way, "Everything we have or make comes from the earth, and it's going to decompose back into the earth at some point."

So while I'm not as flippant or dogmatic in my stance "against" recycling as I used to be, I'm still not crazy about "going green." And I'm sorry, but I don't go out of my way to recycle.

This week however, I'm going to learn more about recycling and why people do it. I'm going to defend and support recycling. And just maybe, I'll come out of it wanting to "go green."