Did you know that a Koala Bear isn’t a bear? It’s a marsupial. Did you know that marsupials are not from Mars? Okay, so you probably knew that last bit already and likely even knew the first part. But did you also know that their pouch has a drawstring-like muscle, which the mom can tighten to keep the young-uns corralled? Did you know that the Koalas in the north of Australia are much smaller and have much less fur than the ones that inhabit the cooler southern areas of Australia? Did you know that they have five digits on their paws, each paw having one digit placed in such a way as to be opposing the others, much like the thumb on a man? Did you know that they rarely drink, but receive the moisture that they require from the gummy leaves of the Eucalyptus trees which they forage from? Did you know that Koalas eat only certain eucalyptus leaves and that the types which they eat vary from one region to another?
Does any of this stuff matter? Well, if you’re a Koala it does, but, other than that…not so much.

The thing is that everything on this big blue sphere fits together. There are delicate and not so delicate balances of things that fit together so that they work. My money is on Creation and intelligent design for that to happen so spontaneously and perfectly. Furthermore, I think that maybe way too much emphasis may be put on the delicate balances from time to time. They are, of course, the most critical, but they also seem to be the ones that are renewable. The oxygen on our planet gets renewed. The plants on our planet get renewed. The water on our planet gets recycled through consumption by plants, animals and humans, as well as through evaporation and precipitation.

Sometimes, when we hear of bad conditions and think about saving the planet, it seems like an impossible task. But, if we remember that programmed into it all is the desire of the things on earth to naturally renew and refresh, we may be able to see the hope that our efforts to be good stewards of the earth will be aided by the Earth itself. All this programmed in by the Master.
Our lives too, at times, can feel like they are out of control, that nothing can fix what’s wrong with them, or the lives of our loved ones, whom we may see struggling and not know how to help them.

The Master’s hand is there in those challenges also, at every heartbeat. If we give Him the opportunity, He’ll reveal to us His plan, a plan programmed in for our renewal and refreshing. Blessings!

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