Envy. The Bible warns about it, but it's one of the most difficult things to conquer. Especially when you see someone attaining what you want while you're in the midst of working on it. The foreigner taking the path to citizenship while seeing the alien live in a country illegally. The woman trying to conceive while seeing everyone around either pregnant or enjoying the children they have. The family living in a small apartment visits a family at their 3,000 sq ft home. The man stuck at the bottom seeing his coworker get promoted...again.
It's difficult. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. However, it is vital for us to avoid envy. Envy does more than make you unhappy with your current situation. If you allow it to remain, it will make you bitter. The bitterness will make you cynical. Your cynicism will cause you to judge the one you envy. That judgment will make you lash out at them. And, finally, that expressed anger will strain or destroy your relationship with that person.
The inward sin of envy leads to outward sin that affects people besides yourself. It's this way with any sin. One always leads to another.. the consequences get worse as they progress.
Be careful what you wish for.
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