Find your value in grace allows you to care for our world. If you understand the world as a gift of Grace then you are more likely to treasure the gift and not trash it. If God has given us the fish of the sea, the birds of the air and vast array of animals then we should give thanks and treat them with humble respect.

Grace places us in a humble position and lets us see what is right or wrong.  If our hearts are motivated by grace then we will affirm the worth of each person, each creature and every tree and plant. Grace allows us to value without merit, to esteem without effort.

The apostle Paul talked about creations great hope and it’s not science, but the children of God taking a stand and letting God’s spirit come alive in them, by grace.

“The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.“  (Roman 8:19-21)

However if we get our value from self-esteem and hunting for praise in one big treasure hunt for glory and possessions, then the annihilation of our earth is just a mere step away.  Consume, consume and consume some more, is the greedy mantra. It’s all about profit. Give me more!  At the end of the day we need to say “What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses life itself.”

Learn more in chapter 11 in the book Grace V Self-esteem.