Okay. So I've been meaning to post about this for a couple days, but just hadn't gotten around to it yet. I was listening to Dave Ramsey on the radio...I do that a lot...and he was talking about the difference between being jealous and being envious. I had always kind of grouped them together and never really thought about them being much different, but he gave the "definitions" of each of them.
being jealous - wanting what someone else has.
being envoius - wanting what someone else has, and not wanting them to be happy with what they've got because you don't have it. In other words, If I can't have it, then no one else should either.
You know, I've been jealous, and I'm sure there have been times when I've been envious, too. the main thing Dave was getting as was what a lot of people don't realize is that they're sins.
Anyway, I just thought it was interesting being that I had never thought about the difference. I just want to encourage you all just to be happy with what God has given you. If He had wanted you to have what He's given to someone else, then He would have given it to you, too!!
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