A vacuum

Today I saw a visible white nothingness, a vacuum. I am reminded that a vacuum will suck from what is around it. In Luke 11:24-26, Jesus warns, "When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, 'I will return to the house I left'. When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first". We can sometimes see this vicious cycle of giving something up and not replacing it and so the bad habit returns, worse than it was before. If we have repented and no longer want to do what we know is wrong, let's replace it by the Holy Spirit who is waiting for all of us to invite Him in. (See Acts 2:38). "The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off ..." (Acts 2:39).