Carl Linnaeus
The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
Genesis 2:15Carl Linnaeus created the system of naming and classifying every living thing, the foundation of modern biology. A devout Lutheran, he saw his work as cataloging the order of God's creation. He famously said that he had seen the back of God passing by in the wonders of nature and stood amazed.
Linnaeus gave names to thousands of plants and animals and called it reading the works of the Creator. He understood that the earth is not ours to waste but God's to steward. You were placed here to work it and care for it. That means the way you treat creation, your resources, your own body, all of it matters to God. Be a man who tends what he was given.
Take care of one thing today that God put under your responsibility.
Lord, all I have is on loan from You. Make me a faithful steward of Your creation.
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