{"id":1742,"date":"2011-03-02T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2020-02-05T12:10:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T20:10:40","slug":"a-bottle-of-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/a-bottle-of-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"A BOTTLE OF NOTHING!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Proverbs 30:4<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWho has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son\u2019s name, if you know?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I am fascinated by the space program and try to tune in to NASA TV when there is a shuttle mission. Today there was a spacewalk that lasted just over six hours. Many tasks were performed, but one in particular intrigued me. One of the astronauts had an empty bottle. He opened it with the intent of capturing some of the atmosphere of space. As I understand it, this bottle will be on display in Japan.<\/p>\n

I am sure the people who paid for this bottle of space air had to spend an inordinate amount of money. To them it is a valuable commodity. They will no doubt profit from those who will pay to see a bottle of space. That may be, but to me it is simply a bottle of nothing!<\/p>\n

Before we get too critical of this venture to bottle \u201cspace,\u201d think of the bottles of nothingness in our own lives. We try to bottle youth don\u2019t we? The cosmetic industry sells hope for those who want to be beautiful. Like it or not, the battle with aging is a losing affair.<\/p>\n

Get-rich-quick schemes prey on those who are usually least able to afford it. The result is disillusionment and disgust. The bottle of \u201cquick money\u201d turns out to be a bottle of \u201cnothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The real source of reality is Jesus. You can\u2019t put Him in a bottle, but you can put Him in your heart. He has transformed more lives than anyone in history!<\/p>\n

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n

– \u2013 \u2013 Pastor Cecil<\/p>\n

360-570-0074
\nPastorCecil@Daily-E-Votional.com<\/a><\/p>\n

P.S. \u2013 You can find previous E-Votionals covering a variety of Scriptures and topics to help you in your walk with the Lord at www.Daily-E-Votional.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Proverbs 30:4 \u201cWho has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son\u2019s name, if you know?\u201d I am fascinated by the space program and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-proverbs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}