Sometimes I wonder what this world is coming to. I look around and see so much pain, so many people hurt and broken, so much hate and destruction. I see people so empty that they will try anything to fill that void they have inside. No drug, no cause, no person, no thing, no good work, no pleasure, no revenge, no amount of money will ever, EVER fill that void. You cannot fill a God-shaped hole with a world-shaped peg. No amount of pounding will make it fit. In the end you're just left empty and cold. What’s wrong with this world? It is full of empty, cold people running from one thing to the next desperately trying to figure out how to fill that hungry, aching void inside of themselves. They're frantic, terrified of not finding what they need to fill it up before it’s too late. Sometimes they think they've found it, filling it up temporarily with fame, fortune, even rage or love, but it all drains out like water through a sieve and they're left cold, empty and alone...again. I've seen some that have gotten to a point where they simply can't try anymore. Numbing their pain with drugs or alcohol. They've given up. I saw many of those on the streets of New York City, shadows of their former selves, alone, disgraced, wishing for death, the light nearly gone from their eyes. I've seen some filled with the fire of rage, standing on street corners screaming for their causes. It fills them up for a brief time until the flames they spew at others, consume them instead. There is but one thing in all the universe that can fill that empty void inside of every human. It is the acceptance of a tiny baby, born in Bethlehem, who grew up to bring the good news of a Savior, who took all of our sins...yours and mine...and nailed them to a cross. He is the answer. He is what you’ve been searching for. He is the one and only thing that will drive away the darkness in your soul and fill it up with His glorious light...forever. All you have to do is ask! He is the only one who can complete you. His name, the one you've been looking for all your life to make you whole...is Jesus.
“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; He is the Christ, the Lord.” ~ Luke 2:8-11
“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.” ~ John 3:17
