Contemplative Bible Reading

Ecclesiastes 2:11 (New Living Translation)

But as I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless—like chasing the wind. There was nothing really worthwhile anywhere.

Several translations use the phrase “under the sun” where the above states “anywhere.” The idea can be stated “without God.”

Hence, there is nothing really worthwhile when we are not with God.

Pretty simple; pretty plain. God created us. God wants to be with us. God wants us to want to be with God. When we walk away from God, and God allows us to do that, nothing is worthwhile.

Sigh. And many of us thought we were doing something special.