Would you be able to say that you have so much money in your bank account that you could never spend it all before you die?

There are people that are that wealthy.

And here's a true story about one of the wealthiest people who ever lived.

This person had houses in the plural, and they were paid for in full.

And the homes were surrounded with vineyards and gorgeous gardens

filled with orchards of fruit trees. And it also had an elaborate irrigation system that watered the

gardens and the trees. No running around with the old-fashioned sprinklers for this property owner,

but it didn't stop there. Since this person had unlimited wealth,

servants were hired to do everything from groundskeeping to cooking, cleaning, and more.

Any possessions that someone else had, this wealthy person had to have bigger and better.

There wasn't enough to satisfy the bottomless pursuit of things.

And even with all this abundance and so much more, the man named Solomon, who had been known

for his great wisdom, said these words found in Ecclesiastes, 2 verse 17. Therefore I hated life because the work

that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

He hated life? He had all of that and he still hated life? Have you ever said that you hated life?

Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor. Francie is an author, teacher, and

conference speaker. Sharing lessons from the Word of God is her passion. Now, back to today's

important study. Every word in scripture has meaning.

In other words, we need to pay attention to the structure of a sentence, not just what's

there, but what's not there.

This is significant because if Solomon had said he hated his life, there would have been

something to adjust to make his life enjoyable again.

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