Click!

This is the first post in a series that I'm going to run, on simple, easy ways you can make a difference for the environment.

One of my favorite ways to do that is to go to Care2.com. They have a section called Click to Donate, where you just click once a day, and they donate money to causes like rainforest and ocean preservation (the money comes from ad sponsors).

http://www.care2.com/click-to-donate/

Refreshment

Like I mentioned in my last post, I haven't been praying that much lately. I've been really busy, and praying felt more and more like a chore, something to cross off my to-do list, rather than a wonderful time to spend time with my God and to try to make a difference in the world. I did miss praying, and I wished that I could do it more, but nothing changed for a bit.

This past week, though, God has really been working in me, and telling me that my schoolwork has become too important to me. Yesterday I forced myself to sit down and pray through a list of species. Today I thought of this quote from Martin Luther:

I've got so much work to do today, I'd better spend two hours in prayer instead of one.

What would it be like if I lived that out in my own life? 

This morning was very stressful; I was up late the night before, I went back to sleep twice and then had to hurry through some work for class that morning. I felt a bit lost and frustrated, and my thoughts were out of control and sinful. When I got back from class, I heard God whisper, "Pray." So I sat down and prayed for a list of species.

And it was amazing. I felt peaceful and refreshed. Taking the time to spend with God was totally worth it.

Lack

I haven't prayed very much this past week. And I've realized that I miss it.

Green Christian prayer guide

If you'd like to pray for the earth and God's creation without doing something as overwhelming as what I've chosen to do, absolutely the best resource I've found so far is the Green Christian prayer guide. Published monthly by Christian Ecology Link, their prayer guides have news/suggestions for prayer for each day of the month.

Here's the website: http://www.greenchristian.org.uk/faith/prayer-guide

The Power of Prayer

Today once I was finished with classes, I suddenly felt very depressed and tired. Walking back home, everything seemed gloomy. "Pray," God said to me. So when I got here, the first thing I did was pray for 55 endangered species. And I do feel better now. Still a bit tired and sad, but so much more able to face the rest of my day now.

The Universe

I was thinking about the universe today, and how awesome it is! The universe is so large--and yet God is larger. He created the whole universe and knows it intimately. He knows every time a star is formed, and yet He also knows every time two atoms come together. How awesome is that!! God is infinitely large and infinitely small--bigger and smaller even than the universe.

(A really cool interactive illustration of the size of the universe can be found here--and God is bigger!)

Exhaustion

My life has been crazy busy lately, and I'm feeling exhausted. That exhaustion is also affecting my prayer life. Lately I've been more reluctant to spend time praying, and feeling like it's a waste of time. I know that's not true, but the feeling is still there. I pray that God will give me the strength to keep going, even when I feel like I can't.

"Pray hard, work hard, and leave the rest to God." ~Florence Griffith Joyner