Meditating on Ecclesiastes #2: Navigating Through Unfamiliar Territory

              Last Thursday, we looked at a brief introduction (along with crossword puzzles to chapters 1, 2, and 3) to this unique little book in the Old Testament.  As was noted, the book is about an argument (if you will) that Solomon makes as he shows us, through his God-given wisdom, how to find true meaning in life.  Solomon says that all is hebel (or “vanity”).  As is demonstrated in the book, this does not mean that life is meaningless.  Rather, to live life in a certain way (that is, living life from a worldly point