When Everything Is Meaningless, It's Still Not Meaningless

A Meditation on Ecclesiastes

Now all has been heard,
    here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the duty of all mankind.
-Ecclesiastes 12:13

“What should I do with my life given that we’re all going to die?” 

I managed to gasp this question in between sobs. My husband and I were lying on top of the covers of our bed in the middle of an ordin…