Nature does not have a conscience.

You recognize the suffering others endure because of storms, but those storms follow the pattern established by the laws of nature, what is prepared by God. Nature does not have a conscience. What happens in nature happens because it belongs to the reality of the interaction between elements belonging to God’s creation. No, God does not want you to suffer. God does not want to see many killed, devastated by what happens through nature. But the conditions that bring about such natural tragedies do belong to the overall direction that life provides.

You are concerned about climate change. Some parts of the earth become warmer; others become colder. There are shifts in the patterns of climate that have a direct influence on all that exists within the sphere of earth. Some of these patterns are exacerbated by human behavior. Long before the existence of human beings, the climate on earth went through enormous change. Partly as a result of those changes, human life as you know it became possible.

Yes, you have an impact on the environment. You have an impact on natural energy, but you are also a part of the natural rhythm that belongs to the existence of your planet. There are some things you have control over, and there is much you have no control over. As long as human beings inhabit the earth, there will be interaction with nature. Sometimes that interaction is positive, productive, supportive. Sometimes it is destructive, either to nature or to human beings.