Chasing the Wind

I feel desperately exhausted... I am craving sleep right now. I have had some of the longest days of my life the last few days, and I have at least four more days just like them coming up this week (the next four days)
I am finding out that life is tough... and then we die. Its a sucky world to live in. The only thing that keeps me going is my beliefs. One day, I am going to rise up from this messed up existence, and I am going to have a new existence, a new body, a new purpose. God promises us that this life is but a shadow... and I am looking forward with hope and expectation to the coming promise of reality.
But for now, all I can do is plough ahead, push through the bad, look forward with expectations to the coming future, trust God, and obey him.
Ecclesiastes in the Bible was written by King Solomon--the man who had everything. King Solomon was the richest man in the world. He was also the wisest. He was rumored to have 1,000 wives. He had fame, fortune, friends, women... he had a kingdom. Yet he spoke of his life as "meaningless"... just a "chasing after the wind". He recognized the insufficiency of the world to satisfy that deepest, inner craving we have for God. That empty hole we have in our heart cannot be filled with drugs, alcohol, sex, pleasure, riches, friendships, material possessions, etc... no. A few weeks ago in church, Kit said that man's deepest desire is to be loved by his creator. And all these cheap imitations do nothing to satisfy this deep craving. King Solomon in all his wisdom and glory was unhappy. He finally concluded that all we can do is trust and obey God. "Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man."
Without God, I am lost. Without God, I am hopeless. He is the only reason I put up with my miserable existence, and I pray to God that he doesn't allow me to chase theses present shadows and forsake the coming glory of the future reality.