A Thought From Sitting in a Tree

When I sit and think, often my mind turns to humanity's relationship with the natural world.  Since the Fall, man has lived in spite of nature, which was once under our dominion, given us to rule.  Through cunning and mortal skill, we have partially remastered what was once ours to rule, when even the lions came forward to be named.  And when we grasp nature by the throat and twist it to our own ends--what we in our pride call improvement, or progress, towering structures and marvels of engineering--most often we create but a pale reflection of what God has already created.  We build our cold, hard structures and admire the works of our own hands, while nature shines in the glory God gave it, right beneath out gaze.  What would it look like if we were to live in harmony with nature? It is something that has not happened since the Fall, though some have done better than others.  While I think that because of the fall  it is impossible for the time being to live in complete  harmony with creation, yet, I think it would be to our benefit to respect and learn from nature, for God created it, and he thought it was good.