Haman’s ire and dislike for Mordecai was the beginning of his own downfall and eventual hanging. OUCH!
We don’t say it out loud, but often if we’re not careful we can be caught being envious or jealous of someone else. Many of our statements about others belie our true feelings. Their position in life, their possessions, their looks or even their personality, how we wish we were like them, even if it were just for a little while. But this type of thinking only stymies or stunts our own individual development and growth, and that in itself causes pain and sorrow, for if we are not growing we are dead. We must soon realize that we are who God needs us to be right now, and that He’s shaping us for who He will need us to be later. If we see the world and others through the eyes of God, then love; and not envy is the end result.
Until tomorrow….
Pastor Botts
“A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.” – Proverbs 14:30
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