And that’s when the inspiration struck.

Some of us look at emptiness in a negative light. There are phrases like ‘empty nest syndrome’, ‘the glass is half-empty’, phrases that are used to express that something is lacking.

Jesus looks at emptiness as pure potential. It is the pre-requisite for doing something miraculous.

Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.

People clear off the dinner table before they sit down to a warm family meal. An artist with a clean canvas to yield a masterpiece. People wipe clean their write-on boards and plot a course for a successful execution. The list goes on, but I believe the purpose of emptiness is to clear out what is not necessary, in order to see clearly the full potential for what can come.

I want to clear my mind from the doubts, fears, and perspectives of yesterday and allow it to be filled with faith for the precious promises for today.