Scripture Sunday - Envy

 A heart at peace gives life to the body,

 but envy rots the bones.

Proverbs 14:30

This thing of envy and the futility of
it, was a point my Mother always drove

 home to us as kids, and I am so glad 

she did..... 

Because envy keeps us from seeing our

own blessings...........and while we are

looking and envying someone else's life

or blessings, there is likely someone else

  looking at us, and envying our life and
 blessings. We can all have the temptation
 to envy or be jealous of someone else...

but when we find ourselves there,  we need 
to ask the Lord to forgive us and to help us,
 to love our own lives, our own gifts and
 talents, our own blessings, our own 
 families,  friends, home, cars, clothes,
 or whatever it is that is causing us
to envy...........and we will be a much
 happier and  more peaceful person.

Something 

I learned from a friend who

was years older than me, before she

 passed away from cancer many years

ago now, but that has served me well

not just in this area,  but in many

areas.....was this.......

She has been sidelined because of

the cancer and she and a friend use

to counsel people and help them,

and when she became sick, of course,
due to chemo and her sickness she
could no longer do what she was
doing before, but her friend carried 
on as usual, with what she had always
 done, and my friend, said she started
 to become jealous but that the Lord put 
it on her heart to start praying for the
 success of her friend....
so she prayed that her friend would
 have great wisdom and would be able
 to help a lot of people and that she
 would stay in good health and every 
good thing she could think of.........
and she said, you know what?  
It took that jealousy right out of
 my heart.  So praying good things
for those we envy or are jealous
of will surely help keep our hearts
where they need to be.

I think it would be pleasing to the
 Lord for us all to learn to be happy 
for others when good things are 
happening for them, even when we
 feel good things are not happening 
to/or for us.....

Maybe your best friends got flowers
 from her hubby for no reason but to 
say He loved her......
rather than thinking or saying to the
 person "I wish my husband would do
 that.".....we should do our best to be
 happy for them and enjoy the lovely
 thing that is happening for them, and
to let them know we are happy for
 them.....but, when we say " I wish my 

husband  would do that," it was 
like you just threw a glass of cold 
water on them, and their joy can 
be diminished by our envious
 response, and they might even
feel bad that they shared their 
happy moment with you........
when all they wanted to do was
 to share a joyful experience with 
someone they love and they
 thought would  and should be 
happy for them.That ought not
to be the case........


After all the bible tell us in
 Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice; 
mourn with those who mourn.
Romans 12:15

Sometimes I think we can be
really good at the mourning
part, but not so good at the
rejoicing part......but we need
to be good at both parts and
the Lord can surely help us
with that, if we are willing...

Hope this might be a help to

someone today, as these things

I have mentioned have certainly

helped me over the years.

Have a Blessed Sunday

Sweet Friends.....

Nellie


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