When Christians “go green” they should be positive. A recent MSN article encouraged me to remember this aspect of caring for God’s creation. Instead of condemning anyone who doesn’t take caring for God’s creation as seriously as you would like, remember that people respond more to positive encouragement. After all, Christ didn’t come to condemn, but to seek and save the lost. Similarly, we can take a positive attitude in encouraging those around us to find new, creative, and inspirational ways to care for God’s creation, and worship Him as the Creator, instead of blasting someone for using too much gasoline (in your opinion).

We (and several families in our lifegroup) have decided to make our own baby food for our daughter. One great thing about doing this is that we don’t have as much waste as we would if we used pre-packaged food. We think there are added benefits from the food being fresh and preservative free as well, not to mention the sustainable type of farming that it encourages by our buying choice. But, we don’t go around telling other people that they should decide to do the same, or else be a horrible and sinful person.