Nothing
One year while I was Christmas shopping, I came across the weirdest thing I have ever seen.
It was nothing. Literally nothing!
It was a piece of cardboard packaging with a clear plastic “bubble” sticking out of it that contains nothing. Technically, I guess there is something in there, but it is the same as what is outside of it—thin air.
Get this. It cost $10! TEN DOLLARS FOR NOTHING! (It’s “nothing” for something!)
I couldn’t believe it!
Look! Here is the picture of nothing…..
I guess some suckers are buying it. After all, it may be the perfect gift for the guy or gal who already has everything.
You know where this is going. Right?
Isaiah 55:8-9: Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
The Christmas season is always the busiest time of year. Most of us work hard to make it a wonderful holiday for our families but sometimes what we do and what we buy fails to satisfy the deepest spiritual longings of our hearts. What God offers us now and all year long we can buy “without money and without price.” (Isaiah 55:1)
“Something” for nothing!
SO much better than a package of nothing!
P.S. I found “nothing” on sale this year for the bargain price of $6.28!
~ Sister Pat Barton
