Solomon exhorts his hearers that it is better to go to the house of mourning than the house of feasting for it is the end of all mankind and the living will take it to heart (Ecclesiastes 7:2). So what is it about the death of our fellow human being that causes us to pause and consider where we are and where we are going? Keith Pond steps off on Solomon's statement to consider the impact of death on the life of the believer.