Chasing the Wind

Solomon was given great wisdom, yet even he pursued pleasures. Later he set a course to test or examine all he had gained and determined it was all vanity without God in it. Studying about Solomon’s experiments led to the following: 

 

Chasing the Wind

 

I was chasing after the wind,

Deep in sin,

Living in the fast-lane,

But there was no pleasure to gain. 

I filled my closets full

With silks and worsted wool,

Diamonds and jewels,

And attended the best of schools.

Yet, there was a void

Which left me empty and annoyed.

I bought the best of trucks and cars

In my wishful, lustful pause.

Their shiny luster did not last-

My joy soon was past.

Meaningless! Meaningless!

All was chasing after the wind

With a hopeless sting.

I was employed by the best;

With work, I was obsessed

And achieved financial riches untold,

But my heart was left chilled and cold.

My mind did not rest upon my bed

For who would gain when I was dead?

There was no satisfaction in it all

Until God came to call.

My laughter, my riches, my gain

Held no joy without the One who was slain-

Without the One who removed my sin-filled stain.

 

Mary Crisp Jameson – 1/30/2026 

 

“Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” 

1 Corinthians 10:31 KJV 

Meaningless or Meaningful

In Solomon’s search, within his wisdom, he said that nothing on earth will last. In death, nothing earned or done will be taken with a person. In time, deeds will not be remembered. In Ecclesiastes we are told, “Nothing is new under the sun.” Yet, God makes all things new. That is where my treasure lies and where I need to place my focus. Below is my take according to what I am studying in Ecclesiastes. 

 

Meaningless or Meaningful 

 

When all is said and done

Everything is meaningless under the sun.

What goes around, comes around.

In death’s time, my life will not be found;

My accomplishments not brought to mind-

Deeds not remembered through age-old time.

What has been will be again,

Either now or then.

Yet, I press on before my life is gone.

For with God there is something new to gain-

Something meaningful to attain.

It’s what God put there within my soul;

A love that fills my empty hole.

There is a grace to gain within earth’s place.

With God’s hand there is newness in this land-

A new song which keeps me strong-

A new earth within my Christian birth-

A new Heaven to win from where I’ve been.

A meaningful life is 

A work for God’s glory-telling His story!

 

Mary Crisp Jameson – 1/24/2026 

 

“I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:14 NIV 

 

 

Between Two Bookends

When Solomon sought to find the meaning of life, he found that those without God were just chasing the wind. “All was meaningless.” No matter how rich, how powerful, or how much was achieved in life, there was no meaning to life if God was not a part of it. 

     God gives each person a choice of what they want to place between the book-ends of their life. Will it be meaningless or meaningful?

    

 

Between Two Book-Ends

 

Pressed between two book-ends

Is a chasing after the wind,

With deeds of which people have sinned.

Solomon found life under the sun meaningless

And, without Christ, pointless!

All was folly and unwise

Without God within the vision of the eyes.

Between two book-ends

Is a need for sharing Christ with friends,

Something more than seen under the sun;

A working for treasure that can’t be undone,

A giving rather than a taking,

And a Godly work within the making.

Between two book-ends

Can be found despair or prayer,

Certain death or living breath.

Between two book-ends

Can be found a life of delight 

If lived right.

 

Mary Crisp Jameson 1/21/2026 

 

“There is no remembrance of men of old, and even those who are yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow.” Ecclesiastes 1:11 

 

From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised. Psalm 113:3 NIV