March 2021: The Meaning of Stewardship

The meaning of stewardship according to my dictionary is to manage the domestic affairs of the owner of the estate. A related word, husband, is to manage prudently and economically. God has given us stewardship of the world He created. He expects our husbandry of His and our world to make it a safe and lasting place for us and our children and their children. We can do that by preserving (husbanding) our environment. We live in a throwaway society, where all our goods and possessions have a relatively short period of usefulness in our lives. Stewardship requires us to use and manage all resources, both goods and other possessions, in a prudent way that will preserve our world for the generations to come. Husbandry dictates that policies and usages require minimal or no damage to this wonderful Earth that is our home. Perhaps, we could begin thinking in a global way about what we could do to become active in our stewardship of God’s good Earth.