Without Him, Everything is Nothing

 Good morning friends!

I had every intention of writing here yesterday, but the day got away from me, so here I am today, sharing something that I just read in my morning Bible study. 

I recently started a book titled, Even Silence is Praise, by Rick Hamlin.  It's all about spending time with God by sitting in silence with him; also known as meditating. Not meditating in the yoga-ish type of way, but as in, sitting with the Lord in expectation, quieting your soul and focusing on God's still small voice. 

But that's not really what I wanted to share today. It was a quote in the book that touched me and had so much meaning, that I just wanted to share it in case anyone else could relate.

"Without him everything is nothing,

and with him nothing is everything."

(Jean Pierre de Caussade)

When I read those words, they stopped me and took me back to my years before I found Jesus, or actually before he found me. 

I was a few months shy of my 23rd birthday and my life was empty of anything that resembled a God-centered life. I had friends, a college path, family, but absolutely no hope of anything good. I was just going through the motions of life, without significance or purpose. Inside I could feel an emptiness that I couldn't explain, but I knew there had to be more. "Without him everything is nothing..."

It wouldn't have mattered if I was the CEO of my own company by then...it still would have been nothing compared to a life with him. 

But then, everything changed, all because Jesus was calling me to himself and I was moving toward him, day by day, until one night I understood what he had done for me and why my life had felt so empty, and I gave my life to him and never looked back. 

From that day forward, my life started looking like something. "... and with him nothing is everything."

All the "nothings" in my life, started to have meaning. I had a new outlook and new standards and new goals. Everything that felt empty, now felt like purpose. I gave up what needed to be given up and I embraced what mattered more and though I was not the CEO of anything, I had everything that I needed and it all meant more than it ever would have before. This is what happens when you meet the savior.

This is what is still happening 38 years later. All the little things mean everything and all the big things I used to think were something...mean nothing. 

"Without him everything is nothing, 

and with him nothing is everything."

I've heard it said that with God, the world seems upside down. What the world deems as good and worthy, is useless in eternity. People will sell their soul to be "somebody" (just look at Hollywood). But those whom the world would deem as "nothing" really have it all, in my opinion. The non-influencers. The regular people just trying to put food on the table and pay the bills. The moms in the trenches, the dads out making a living...these are the ones who have everything worth anything. 

Until Next Time...

Blessings!