Everything is meaningless! Even that phrase begins to lose its meaning, given how many times it is repeated in the book of Ecclesiastes. So, in the end, what has meaning? What is true?
When I was in college, I took a tour of a Greek Orthodox Church and in the middle of the tour, I was struck by something our host had said. He told us, "You see, we understand that truth is not a thing, Truth is a Person." A light bulb went on, and everything seemed to click. Of course, Jesus said that He is the Truth, not knows the Truth or has seen the Truth or can handle the Truth. Jesus is the Truth. Jesus is what matters, Jesus is who has ultimate meaning. Everything in this world is in some kind of relationship to Jesus - after all, it is in Jesus that we live and move and have our being! There is good news to conclude the book of Ecclesiastes. Good news, indeed.
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