For the Beauty of the Earth

This Sunday in Sacrament meeting our closing hymn was For the Beauty of the Earth.  This hymn talks all about the beauty of God's creations, and we express our thanks for them.  In Doctrine and Covenants section 59, the Lord expresses His will as to how we should treat all of these beautiful creations that He has blessed us with.
The Lord tells us in verses 16-17 that everything on the earth is for us.  The trees, the beasts, the flows, the herbs, and everything else.  In verses 18-19 the Lord tells us what we should use them for.  He says we should use them for clothing, for shelter, for food, and for our other needs.  Interestingly, He also tells us that they were created for their smells and tastes, to be pleasing to our eyes, and to enliven our bodies and souls.  So God expects us to enjoy His creation.  We should enjoy the flowers, their smells and their beauties.  We should enjoy the wonderful smells and tastes of the foods which He has blessed us with.  After all, men are that they might have joy!
In verse 20, the Lord counsels us that it pleases Him when we use these things, but that we must do so with judgement, and not by extortion.  I believe this means that we must have temperance in all things.  We know what is wasteful, and what is not.  And in verse 21 the Lord tells us: "And in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things, and obey not his commandments."  In the context of this section, I believe that the Lord is talking about the use of His creation.  We will not offend the Lord when we use His creation for food, clothing, shelter, beauty, etc. as long as we always express our thankfulness to Him for this wonderful world which He has so graciously blessed us with—for the beauty of the earth!