For believers in a ‘Higher Power’ of any nuance, there must be times when one wonders if that heavenly body ever loses patience with what happens below.
Imagine that entity, after creating a magical gift like planet Earth, resisting the mere sight of inflicted destruction created by today’s human rulers.
So imagine, if you will, Earth designed to be the epitome of perfection, with deep blue oceans filled with purifying marine life, coral and fauna.
The lush green pastures and forests, a true playground for animals of all kinds to have fun and multiply.
And a sky, lovingly painted in an endless pastel of blue. The Sun, positioned to project the world cascading in daylight. Your health gives rays a source of energy, vitamins, and radiation to promote the essential growth of plant life on Earth.
Then, to offer a touch of cheer, brightly colored birds were added to fly freely over the thermals singing and chirping their own sweet song.
Insects of all shapes and sizes, who also take pleasure in cleaning and grooming the soil, while ‘Mother Nature’ employs them as her little pollen carriers to fertilize eagerly awaiting flowers.
Finally, man and woman came into the world in human form. By the way, they first humbled themselves, introduced as just another species into this vast orb of paradise.
But humans weren’t created as equals, far from it. They were enhanced in their powers, presenting very dexterous hands and a powerful brain, capable of ever broader thought and development. Man, by design, was destined to evolve, flourish, and ultimately achieve dominance over the planet.
In fact they flourished for countless centuries. Through trial and error and the use of ingenuity, humans conquered the arts of cultivation, breeding, and propagation. This distinguishes them from other species, now they can not only create food, but store it for when needed.
Thus, humans could focus their powerful minds on an ever-widening scale. However, over time, the human drive for the betterment of the world began to lose its way. Progress turned into the search for false gods called money and power.
The simple basics of life, as originally created for beauty, need, or utility, were being abused in the pursuit of profit. The true purpose of evolution is corrupted by negligence or as mere collateral damage of man’s short-term goals.
So by now, believers in the ‘Heavenly Body’ shouldn’t be criticized for wondering if some of the world’s natural disasters weren’t somehow an early warning of disgust cast from on high?
The words: “Don’t push your luck too far, humans!” It comes to mind.
But such actions in the past were predominantly a regional problem, while now life-threatening pollution and abuse elude the world. Those original blue oceans are now awash in debris. The lush green pastures and forests, looted for minerals or bare to return ever-increasing profits for ‘El Hombre’.
Originally, human leaders were men of vision who nurtured the earth while thanking him for his blessings. Such men of wisdom are now sadly gone, and in their place sit closed-minded men of money, thirsty for power and addicted to wealth.
Some notably useless caretakers, lacking intellect, or simply devoid of interest, actually preach sermons on the beauty of power and wealth. Head high and chest puffed up, they defend how the world’s highest value is calculated in the monetary representation of a long line of zeros on a computer screen.
So with all things considered, who would blame the ‘Higher Power’ who looks down on such useless viewpoints to take any action? How can such powerful men, deaf, dumb, and blind to reason be made to see that they are dragging the world down the wrong path?
The subtle warnings of the past have come and gone without effect, Mother Nature has shown her power in many ways in recent years, but no change of direction appears to be taking place.
Has the time finally come when a ‘Final Warning’ must be given from on high?
For my part, I can almost hear the words from heaven …
“Send the Covid-19!”