Why Ecclesiastes?

Since January 1st, 2010 my life has been a battle. A battle against myself and my will verses God's. I avoided it, ignored it, ran from it, opposed it, fought it, despised it, etc. but now the year is drawing to an end and God has won. He's won my heart for I have bruised and battled it into willing submission to his plan for my life. His will is better than mine, so I should stop making plans.

But I'm a planner, what if I come up with something really good?

The author of Ecclesiastes asks a lot of the same questions I've asked my whole life. Where is there fulfillment in the world? How far can success in my chosen career get me? What's the point? If I work hard enough, can I get what I want to be happy? My wish in this project is to journey with the author of Ecclesiastes and come to the same conclusion. To go from Chapter 1 verse three, "What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?" to the conclusion in Chapter 12 verse 13, " The end of the matter, all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man."

This is my project. To take my questions, my plans, my ideas and my will and to give them to God and know that the whole duty of my life is to fear God and keep his commands. May you be blessed by the divine inspiration of His Word and may He use me to touch your life in some small way.