A Glimpses of Wonder Entry

My grandkids were over today, filling the house with laughter, crumbs, and about six different conversations at once. Somewhere between snack time and a very serious debate about which dinosaur is the coolest, I said, almost without thinking, “Well… nothing is stupid.”

You’d have thought I’d said a bad word. Wait—I did, apparently.

Big eyes. Shocked faces. “PAPA! You said stupid!”

I tried to explain. “No, no, no—I didn’t call you stupid. I said ‘nothing’ is stupid.”

More gasps. “Still said it.”

Fair enough. We teach them not to call people stupid, and I agree with that. Words matter. But that little moment stuck with me, because… I kinda stand by what I said.

“Nothing” is a terrible answer. Ask someone what they’re doing? “Nothing.”

Thinking about? “Nothing.”

It’s like admitting your brain went on vacation without telling you.

But here’s the twist—Jehovah created nothing.

He stretched out space where light could travel. He designed silence that gives music its rhythm. He placed gaps between atoms, cells, even thoughts. And every one of those gaps? They serve a purpose.

Isaiah 44:24 says, “I am Jehovah, the Maker of all things, who stretches out the heavens by myself, and who spreads out the earth. Who was with me?”

He made it all—including the parts we can’t fill in or explain.

And get this: “nothing” is literally the area that light travels in. So next time someone says they’re doing “nothing,” maybe they’re just making room for something to shine.

Just… maybe don’t tell your grandkids that. I’m still under investigation.

Now if I can just catch nothing on camera, so I have an image for this blog. Not sure if I want it while it is being used or not. Please advise . . .