Normally, I don’t like Christians appropriating secular/global events and trends to try and “send a message” – invariably because it’s something along the lines of “Cultural Event X Is Significant Of God’s Love Because Of This Tortuous Analogy And Therefore You Should Give Your Life To Jesus”. But Brian McLaren has written about the sad death of Steve Irwin is a way that’s both a proper tribute to Steve and speaks about how we should view God’s Creation.
I don’t recall Steve speaking of God much. But every time he said, “Isn’t that a little beauty!” I think he was speaking for God, the One who notices and loves the smallest goodness of every created thing. The look on his face when he sat with an orangutan or swam with a green sea turtle or let a lizard perch on his finger – that look in itself was a sign and a wonder.
Amen to that.