SOLOMON'S JOURNEY
Long ago I
wanted to find meaning, so I set out on a journey.
I wanted to
find happiness and true joy before I was laid out on the gurney.
I knew that
there was something out there worth treasuring;
But nothing
that I found held up to my measuring.
Meaningless,
meaningless, everything I did was such.
Everything I
did under the sun didn't accomplish much.
It was
folly, a chasing after the wind;
Something
that caused grief and a heart that would not mend.
I tried everything
that had to do with wisdom and knowledge
I was even
more wise and knowing than any professor in college.
But even
wisdom and knowledge caused me much grief;
For like the
fool, the wise man's life is brief.
In my search
I even tried folly and madness
But found
that both of these only cause grief and sadness.
I denied
myself nothing my eyes desired;
But found
emptiness when I looked at everything I had acquired.
Now all has
been heard and this is what I achieved,
Wisdom,
folly, toil and riches aren’t "it" like I once believed.
The
conclusion is: Fear God and follow Him with all your soul;
For this is
man's duty, the act that makes him whole.
-By Daniel
Ingram, Elm & Hudson church of Christ, Altus, OK
Written by my grandson, Daniel Ingram.
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