Does God Recycle?

I live in south Texas: the natural habitat of the oilrig and the giant SUV.  Everyone here drives a truck bigger than they, their extended family, and their neighborhood need.  Global warming is just teaching everyone else in the world what our weather is like all the time.  

And yet, even in this great conservatist sanctuary of a state, I have been asked on several occasions if I recycle.

 No, I don’t.  Nor do I pay extra to get stuff made out of recycled goods.  I paid for it once, and I’m not very well going to pay to give it back, so I can pay to buy it again now am I?  Rather than recycling, we try to buy reusable items, like a water filter with glass water bottles, so we don’t have to buy lots of plastic bottles.  It saves the environment and money.  Win, Win!

But on this note, what does God think about recycling?  Well, I think the Bible shows that He’s pretty into it.  So much so, He sent His Son to die on the cross to get His recycling program started.

You see, as broken sinners we have a negative impact on the Earth.  Nothing we do is good for our planet or the people who live in it.  But just like the plastic company view on that empty Coke bottle sitting in your recycling bin, God doesn’t see us as garbage to be tossed out.  He sees a greater value in us.  By Jesus’ blood shed on Calvary, He takes our broken lives and recycles them into shiny, new creations that will last forever.   All we have to do is submit to the Recycler’s hand and follow His directions.