Many Have Followed

I made my works great, I built myself houses, and planted myself vineyards.  Ecclesiastes 2:4

Solomon tells the story of his great experiment; and in it he describes what many of us have followed. Our verse for today is but one small part of what Solomon did, but we recognize a life we dream of in our fantasies. Or, at least that is what the world tells us we are to seek in this life.  Between Solomon's writing and our own experiences, we have come to a similar conclusion. No? Some of us still want to pursue money and stuff? While Solomon did have a lot more to work with than you and I, we should still gain the same answer.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done
And on the labor in which I had toiled;
And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.  
  -- Ecclesiastes 2:11

In place of worrying over 'great', let us look to grateful for the bounty of the Lord!

Bucky