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"Water is a gift from the
creator, respect it, and protect it." I was deeply moved by these words
printed on the sign of a person standing with hundreds of others to
protect the Missouri River. In the Episcopal Church, when we baptize a
new follower of Jesus Christ, we pray these words over the water of
baptism. "We thank you, Almighty God, for the gift of water." We then
recall how God used water to bless his people in the Bible, from the
story of creation in Genesis, the emancipation of Hebrew slaves in
Exodus, to the baptism of the Lord Jesus in the River Jordan. Indeed,
"Water is a gift from the creator." To sustain it and to protect it is
to "safeguard the integrity of God's creation," and therefore to protect
human and other forms of life created by Almighty God. That work
warrants our full and prayerful support. Click here to continue reading.
