Vanity of vanities, says the preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity! What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? (Ecclesiastes 1:2-3).
Victor Frankl coined the term "existential vacuum" in an attempt to describe the meaninglessness that afflicts many today. I have written a couple of "Bullets" about EV, but yesterday I had a graphic demonstration of what too much vacuum can do. I have a 1500 gallon vacuum tank that I use to spread liquid manure and pump my own septic tank. The tank is quite old and the vacuum gage does not work so I do not know what the vacuum actually was, but as I was vacuuming the septic tank there was a sudden quietness and then a big boom. The vacuum tank imploded. It now looks like a wrinkled, empty water bottle. Immediately I thought of Victor Frankl.
The lesson is that meaninglessness in a person's life is not benign! The meaningless life does have its consequences. When life sucks, find your refuge in Jesus Christ (Matthew 11:28-30).
Our Father's Love,
Tom
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