Ecclesiastes gives us a haunting image: hevel—what's left over after the bubble pops.
We all blow bubbles in life. Achievement. Comfort. Success. Image. We chase them, thinking this will finally satisfy. But they leave us wanting more.
The author of Ecclesiastes had it all—wealth, power, pleasure—and still concluded: "Meaningless. It's all meaningless." Not because nothing matters, but because everything we chase apart from God is like vapor. Here today, gone tomorrow.
But here's the hope: those same pursuits—work, relationships, success—become meaningful when we pursue them with the Lord at the center.
Life "under the sun" is temporary. But when we lift our gaze "over the sun" to God, everything changes. Our work echoes for eternity. Our relationships matter. Our legacy lasts.
Where are you blowing bubbles today?