Well, I got a lot of work done but my hip suffered....get so aggravated. Took a pill and pushed on.
After studying the effect of the post-World War II economic boom in Japan, Richard Easterlin concluded that monetary growth does not always bring more satisfaction. More recently, economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers conducted surveys in more than 100 nations and concluded that life satisfaction is highest in the richest countries.
So whos right? Lets check with the writer of Ecclesiastes. He should know! He was a truly rich man (2:8). He had the means to try everything in this worldand he did! He gave himself to pleasure (vv.1-3), grand projects (vv.4-8), entertainment (v.8), and hard work (vv.10-11). But he concluded that it was all vanity and grasping for the wind. There was no profit under the sun (v.11).
Lasting satisfaction doesnt come from possessing tangible things like savings accounts and material goods. Recent events have shown that these things can suddenly lose value. To find true happiness, we have to find it in Someone who is not from under the sun. And that is our Savior, Jesus.
Hymnwriter Floyd Hawkins wrote: Ive discovered the way of gladness, Ive discovered the way of joy, Ive discovered relief from sadness. . . . When I found Jesus, my Lord. Only He can give joy that is full (John 15:11).