Search for Peace

"This stillness feels like your presence, dear Lord. This hum in the air, your gentle breath. This sunlight, your purifying touch. And this peace- the kind only you can give - reaches far past my understanding." 

King Solomon, the teacher, had everything. However, he discovered a soulful meaninglessness behind every new acquisition. Focusing on one "thing" at a time, as he was doing, never brings lasting satisfaction. There is always the eventual letdown, when the new becomes the old. Perhaps this desire for meaning, combined with its absence among the things of earth, means it must be found somewhere else. This was Solomon's ultimate conclusion, one that leads beyond the merely material. 

"May I remember today that ultimate meaning in life can only come from the Ultimate Being."