Searching for Meaning

In the wake of the violence of the Bolshevik Revolution, a member of the Russian Imperial Diplomatic Corps emigrated with his family to Paris. His teenage son found himself adrift in the sudden shift from fighting hardship and danger to the relative ease of safety and peace. Happiness seemed meaningless if there was no purpose behind it. He decided that if he did not discover a meaning for his life within the next year, he would commit suicide.

As he neared the end of the year with nothing to show, the young man was asked to attend a lecture by a Christian speaker. He did not believe…