We are in week 12 in our series on the book of Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes is a look at an old man surveying his life and realizing that everything apart from God is meaningless because there is no purpose in life if there is no God. Solomon will make a lot of comparisons throughout the book, he will make these comparisons to help us understand what is actually better in life. Trusting God, community, friendships, good food, and wisdom are all better than their counterparts of loneliness, foolishness, despair, and vapor.

Today Solomon starts to run full force at our need for friendships with one another, he will do this in practical ways by speaking about safety and security.