Genesis 1:28 (NRSV)
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Verse 28God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."
Devotion
This is perhaps the only divine command that we humans have really gotten into obeying – but to a destructive excess! Yes, we’ve taken over the earth for our benefit, but without regard to sustainability for future generations and without compassion or respect for God’s gift of creation.
Prayer
Creator God, forgive us the abuses we’ve done and continue to do to your creation. Transform our hearts and hands to be the caretakers that you want us to be. Amen.