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Recycling is in vogue, but our generation can’t take credit for it. God is the Original Recycler.<\/p>\nby David Gibson<\/p>\n
Recycling is in vogue, but our generation can’t take credit for it. God is the Original Recycler.<\/p>\n
God uses evaporation and condensation to turn filthy water into fresh water. He created the decay process, utilizing microbes and vultures to manage the carrion.<\/p>\n
God made our bodies fully biodegradable. Some of us, I’m afraid, are getting a head start on the process.<\/p>\n
But God doesn’t stop there. He recycles old, beat-up, worn-out, hopeless sinners, and He converts them into brand-new people with direction and purpose for living (I Corinthians 6:9-11; II Corinthians 5:14-17). He can take drug addicts, alcoholics, convicts, and unwed moms and dads and turn them into something beautiful-a work of art!<\/p>\n
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come<\/em>” (II Corinthians 5:17 NASB).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That’s what God can do. He’s still doing it. And it’s wonderful!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by David Gibson Recycling is in vogue, but our generation can’t take credit for it. God is the Original Recycler. God uses evaporation and condensation to turn filthy water into fresh water. He created the decay process, utilizing microbes and vultures to manage the carrion. God made our bodies fully biodegradable. Some of us, I’m…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[302,1571],"class_list":["post-86775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-creation","tag-forgiveness"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":82771,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/new\/","url_meta":{"origin":86775,"position":0},"title":"New","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer We all like new things, or at least things that are new to us. The new car, the new house, the new computer, the new \u2026fill in the blank. 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