My Search For the Meaning To Life

Ecclesiastes 1:2-5, "Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher, vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, all is vanity - emptiness, falsity and vainglory. What profit has man left of all his toil at which he toils under the sun? (Is life worth living?) One generation goes, and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun also rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises."

These scriptures depict what life is like when we do not know the "meaning to life". All is vanity and chasing after the wind, until we come to the knowledge and understanding that there is a wonderful purpose for each of our lives and an amazing "meaning to life." That meaning is found in Ecclesiastes 12:13, "All has been heard. The end of the matter is, Fear God - know that He is, revere and worship Him - and keep His commandments; for this is the whole of man (the full original purpose of His creation, the object of God's providence, the root of character, the foundation of all happiness, the adjustment to all inharmonious circumstances and conditions under the sun), and the whole duty for every man."

I searched for the "meaning to life" for 28 years and almost lost my life in the process, until that radical life changing day when I encountered the love of God through Jesus and found the "meaning to life". My hope is that everyone searching like I was for the "meaning to life" will find what I found when they read my story and begin the greatest journey ever into the unquenchable love of God. The "meaning to life" is to know our Creator God, whose name is Jesus, and His love for us. Xoxo Love Lorene!

I dedicate this book to my husband and best friend Gary who has been a kind and faithful husband and my constant encourager.

(All scriptures used in this book are from The Amplified Bible translation)

-- Lorene Graham