‘Green eyed envy’ is a saying we all know. Envying others is so easy. People get attention that we want. They get things that we don’t get. They get the promotion or the guy or the girl or the recognition that we think we deserve. The get the bigger piece of pie. Nobody ever notices me. They get credit for what I did. Its just not fair.
But how can we feel that way if we truly love the other person. If we love them shoudn’t we really want what is best for them? Shouldn’t we be happy when a person we love gets the promotion or the recognition or the success? If we love we what what is best for the other person. The only problem comes when we love ourself more than we love them.
That’s kind of at the root of all of this, isn’t it? All of the failure to love others comes because we love us best. True love comes from Biblical sense of contentment. We are happy with what gives us so we don’t envy what He gives others. We accpet the role that God has for us and don’t try to compare ourselves with others.
Love doesn’t envy because love is content.
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