All Is Vanity, Vanity Upon Vanity by collinz

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All Is Vanity, Vanity Upon Vanity
I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I applied myself by heart and mind to seek and search out by [human] wisdom all human activity under heaven. It is a miserable business which God has given to the sons of man with which to busy themselves. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a striving after the wind and a feeding on wind.. Ecclesiastics 1:12-14

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/08/20/23/00/destroyed-houses-2663558_640.jpg[Source](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/08/20/23/00/destroyed-houses-2663558_640.jpg) 
Solomon the wisest king ever lived was so blessed by God and there was no king before him or after him who was gifted with great wisdom and abundance of material things. During his days he sought the Lord and the Lord blessed him with wisdom. 

With His wisdom he searched and examined all the works that is done by man under the heavens. He found out that life is like a burden God has given to man. After you have toiled for years and build wealth for yourself another person who didn't labour for them takes over ones you are dead and enjoy it. All the wealth we  amass for ourselves don't  last forever and we don't even live forever to enjoy them. 

Then he concluded that if that is the case it vanity or pointless struggling or toiling for all the things in this world if you will not even leave with them when you die. It therefore profits a man nothing if he gains everything in this world and then loses his soul. What is the essence of amassing wealth for yourself when will you leave with nothing  when you die?

Of all the creations of God humans are the most pathetic of all. A dead animal can still be considered as food for some people but not humans. We all try to avoid our dead fellows or corpse and want them to be buried from our sight quickly. Humans are indeed miserable than any creature of God. 

The human body start going through a decaying process after death. The internal organs begin to rot. The beautiful finger nails that ladies cherish so much will begin to fall. The beautiful hair on our skull and body break and fall away. Those beautiful skin colour that make people want to segregate humans begins to fade and rot. The nice buttocks, breast that some people adore so much will also decay.  The flesh begins to detach from the bones and eventually the whole body is reduced to nothing. 
https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/02/20/15/52/skeleton-2083016_640.jpg[Source](https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/02/20/15/52/skeleton-2083016_640.jpg) 
Dust we came and dust we shall return. Naked we came and naked we shall return. So why the pride,  the arrogance,  the jealousy, the hatred, the evil, the backbiting, the selfishness towards one another? 

Man is a dust and will surely go back to the dust. If we are conscious about our end tomorrow we will be mindful of how we live our life today. You can live like Methuselah and more than him but you will still die one day and leave everything behind for people who never toiled like you did. 

There is no need to consider yourself  better than others and pride yourself as if you will live forever.  There is no need working yourself to death just because you want to be rich at all cost. 

Solomon achieved all the greatness in life by working so hard to acquire them. He never restrained himself from enjoying anything that was pleasing to his eyes yet he realised all was vanity:

I searched in my mind how to cheer my body with wine--yet at the same time having my mind hold its course and guide me with [human] wisdom--and how to lay hold of folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives. I made great works; I built myself houses, I planted vineyards. I made for myself gardens and orchards and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. I made for myself pools of water from which to water the forest and make the trees bud. I bought menservants and maidservants and had servants born in my house. Also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem. I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got for myself men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men--concubines very many. So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me and stood by me. And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any pleasure, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my portion and reward for all my toil. Then I looked on all that my hands had done and the labor I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it, and there was no profit under the sun. Ecclesiastic 2:3:11

The most important thing to do with our limited time on earth  is to work on our own salvation with fear and trembling. To seek for an treasures or properties in heaven, the place where we will spend eternity. 
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There e is no lasting condition here on earth and so we can't build our hopes here. We are just pilgrims on earth, God never made the earth as our permanent abode and that's why nothing last forever here. Let's shift our focus from all things of this world and seek for better things in Heaven.
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@sc-g ·
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All things will pass away but the word of God will remain forever and ever thanks @collinz for sharing with us.

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@izurich20 ·
You are right @collinz ....What can it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul....Nothing! What can we give in exchange of our soul! Nothing.... Only our good deeds could be remember when we are gone. May God give us the grace to  run this heavenly race and end it at His feet.
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@bigssam ·
This is a very powerful message @collinz. Thanks for making my day.
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@odsam2 ·
A thoughtful message @collinz life isn't all about chasing material things but is about influencing the life of other people with what you have ....Thanks
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