LOOKING AFTER OUR FATHER'S PROPERTY

But isn't man the crowning glory of creation? And hasn't he been imbued with wisdom? He is waay above his fellow creatures.

Yes, but that wisdom wasn't given just so he would build strong bridges and edifices and intricate civilizations and advance himself. It's more than obvious in looking at the vast expanse around: the Creator intended humans to manage the rest of creation for HIM; none of the other animals get anywhere near able to do that!

Some people have the wrong idea of the heart of man. "Stop thinking, and Follow your heart," they say. El wrongo. The Creator Who formed us knows he equipped us with animal instincts to protect ourselves. When a half-starved critter, gorging on a carcase, sees a large predator approaching, he will fein anything to get the beast's attention to waver for even a split second so he can make a quick getaway. We don't know how to feel right; only to fend for ourselves.

"Everyone knows it's in the Bible somewhere you shouldn't follow your head but follow your heart." they say. Really? I've heard this too, but my Bible says: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked"  (Jer. 17:9).  DO NOT FOLLOW IT, the Bible seems to shout out.

Actually, God says "My Son, give Me thy heart." We children of God give Him what He has shown us to be a heart of stone, and He returns to us a heart of flesh with which to love Him and all His creation. Until our Father returns, this is what we get to do with our hearts.