Creation Co-dependent
Each day, creation reveals another level of humanity’s dependence on the other elements of nature. We are dependent on water. We are dependent on the sun for light, heat, and energy. We are dependent on trees for fresh air, on plants and vegetation for food and nourishment. We were not created simply out of the dust of the earth and set aside. We were created as part of a complex system in which we are reliant upon for living.
This is especially true when there is a lack of accessibility to one of those elements, such as clean water. During my tour in the Middle East, there was a serious lack of purified clean water. I came to appreciate the difference between “safe” water and the clean water back home in the states. Without enough water, our biological system begins to breakdown.
Going from desert to tundra, they have clear crisp running water. Yet, they have another issue of resource deficiency. People can become depressed because of the lack of sunlight in the winter time.
Perhaps, God knowing how destructive humanity is, God built this codependency so that we would not abuse and destroy nature, but rather that we would respect and live in harmony within nature. We may try, but we cannot separate ourselves from it. Naturally, of course.