If you're the parent of younger children, be advised that today's revive our hearts may not be appropriate for them.

The writer of Ecclesiastes tried everything in an attempt to be happy.

He tried making wise choices, yet it didn't satisfy.

He said, I perceive that this also is but a striving after wind. He also ran after pleasure

and concluded, what use is it? He said, I searched with my heart how to cheer my body with wine.

Nothing satisfied him. Jennifer Smith felt the same way. By the time she reached her early 20s, she felt like she had tried everything as well.

I kind of always thought I was smart and I got good grades and I behaved myself and got all the stickers for being a good girl.

But that didn't satisfy.

She turned to alcoholism, partying and numerous relationships. During that time, life was

meaningless, and it felt meaningless. You know, like an ecclesiastas, we're going to talk,

Vandia of Vandities. It was, the partying wasn't good, the being good wasn't good, nothing was good.

It was just all garbage.

And so I didn't know what truth was.

I didn't have any basis to live on.

It was just all kind of random grasping.

This is the Revive Our Hearts podcast for Friday, January 16, 2015.

Yesterday, we heard how a model student who spoke against abortion could end up descending into a spiral of sinful behavior and contemplate ending the life of her child.

Here's a sample of what we heard.

My brain is always going, and drinking kept my mind from going.

And that kind of led me to making all kinds of wrong decisions.

At the age of 16, a guy that I thought was really,

really popular and cute and funny indicated some interest in me, and I was very, very flattered

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