Vacuum and Vortex

By definition a vacuum is “a space with nothing at all in it; a space from which most of the air or gas has been taken.” Interestingly, a vortex is “a whirlpool, whirlwind or anything like a whirl in its rush…”

The “holiday” season is upon us. This means that for the next 20 days people all over the world will be living in a vortex while trying to fill a vacuum. You know what I’m talking about if you visit a mall any Saturday in December. You’ll also moan and groan as you fight an enormous entourage of traffic or drive round and round at that same mall parking lot. Last but not least, there are the airports. Every one rushing here and there, coming and going, and for what?

If it is merely the “holiday” season for you, you most likely are trying to fill a vacuum. Although shopping fills our trunks, it empties our bank account. Similarly, traveling afar to visit friends, families and loved ones can temporarily fill your heart with comfort and happiness. But, when you return home, routine will pull the plug on your bliss and the emptiness will return. The vortex of the holiday season did not fill the vacuum of your heart.

Only an understanding of the reason for the season, the Christmas season, will fill the void. For 2000 years, Jesus has been the reason for the season. The Christ child was born away from the hustle and rush of the city. He came into the world to fill the vacuum of humanity—one at a time.

Could the reason for the season really be the baby in the manger? Let me know what you think.

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