𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸

Together as a family, take a walk outside your home – look around in a garden or park for things that are not man-made.

Collect some small rocks, twigs, leaves, grass, sand, tree barks, etc.

Get some stiff paper or cardboard. Use the things you collected from nature to create your own artwork.

(Make sure you use only things from nature and not man-made things.)

𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁: 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝗺𝘂𝗺𝘀𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲.𝗰𝗼𝗺.𝗮𝘂/𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳/𝟭𝟬/𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁-𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀/

𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗

Do you ever wonder how the world began?

It was created by a Master Artist– GOD.

To “create” means to make something out of nothing. You will hear some words like “Content Creator” and the like but those refer to people who make things out of tools, materials and gadgets. When we say that God creates something out of nothing, it means that He has no materials to begin with! God is very powerful and He made the whole world from nothing.

We can read about the exciting story of how God made the world from the Bible, in 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟭.

𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝟭:𝟮𝟱-𝟮𝟴 talks about the wonderful nature that God made…

25 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥.

26 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺, 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.”

27 𝘚𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮; 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

28 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, “𝘉𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳; 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.”

Everything God created is good and beautiful. He created them and let the first humans- Adam & Eve - 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 them. But God also gave them authority over His creations and He tasked them to 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 of it. While this means we can enjoy everything God entrusted to us, we must be responsible to take care of them and use these well to achieve His purposes and bring glory to Him.

𝗛𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘

𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗶𝗱/𝘀:

𝟮-𝟲 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱

What is the difference between a plastic Christmas tree and a tree planted in the garden?

𝟳-𝟭𝟮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗹𝗱

Can you make a plant that you drew or an animal you formed out of blocks alive? Why?

𝗞𝗶𝗱/𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁:

Can you think of one way how we may have mishandled or misused nature or God’s creation?

How should we take care of nature? Think of practical things we can do as a family and set a concrete goal to actually go do them.

Look at nature or the things God made. “Beautiful”, “amazing”, “awesome”, “refreshing” are some words you will most likely use to describe what you see. God is so good for giving us His creation to freely use and enjoy. But with this privilege, He also commands our responsibility to care for our environment. Preserving nature by not cutting down trees and cleaning up trash are just some ways we do this.

When we are able to manage everything that God gave us, then we are being good stewards. Let's do our best to take care of God's wonderful world. The Bible says in Colossians 3:23 that we please God when we work heartily in whatever we do, working as for the Lord, and not for men.

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬

Dear God, we praise You for creating the world. Thank You because You gave us the world for us to enjoy. Teach us to take care of nature and be good stewards of all creation. In Jesus’ name, amen.

𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥

𝗔.𝗜.

Did you know that some machines are trained to act and think like a human? That is what A.I. or “artificial intelligence” is all about.

We use A.I. that make our day-to-day tasks easier. For example, online maps, surveillance cameras, self-driving cars and robots.

“Sophia” is one realistic robot capable of displaying humanlike expressions and interacting with people. It's designed for research, teaching, and entertainment.

https://robots.ieee.org/robots/sophia/

It's fascinating to see these robots behaving with human characteristics. But pull their plug and they will not work because they are man-made. Nothing will replace real humans that God created and has given life to.

God gave humans great minds to invent things such as this robot. While mankind continues to advance with different inventions, always remember that God wants people to use their mind & skills to do great things that will bring honor to God. That's good stewardship.