It is enough if you don’t freeze in the cold, and if thirst and hunger don’t claw at your insides, if your back isn’t broken, if your feet can walk, if both arms can bend, if both eyes can see, if both ears can hear. Then whom should you envy? And why? Our envy of …
HIS ONLY WEAKNESS An ancient story from the fourth century tells of inexperienced demons finding great difficulty in tempting a godly hermit. They lured him with every manner of temptation, but he could not be enticed. Frustrated, the imps returned to Satan and recited their plight. He responded that they had been far too hard …
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HUMILITY COMPARES NOT The person who has died to himself, will bow humbly, resisting the temptation to be envious simply because God is generous. From Pastor to Pastor, by Erwin Lutzer, pg. 20
CASTING OUT COVETOUSNESS There lived two brothers who were very poor though they loved each other greatly. One day, as they were returning home from the field, they saw to their delight two pieces of gold on the side of the road. Suddenly one of them shouted. “What a windfall! We are now rich!” Each …
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LOVE OR ENVY Love looks through a telescope; envy through a microscope.
BE HAPPY Be happy, you who live in fine apartments, in ugly houses or in hovels. Be happy, you who have your loved ones, and you also who sit alone and dream and can weep. Be happy, you who torture yourselves over metaphysical problems, and you who suffer because of money worries. Be happy, you …
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PAINT THE JEWELS An elderly woman decided to have her portrait painted. She told the artist: “Paint me with diamond earrings, a diamond necklace, emerald bracelets, a ruby broach, and gold Rolex.” “But you are not wearing any of those things.” “I know,” she said. “It’s in case I should die before my husband. I’m …
TALK TELLS You cannot put kerosene in the cake batter and expect the cake to taste good. You cannot spend your life envying other people and expect them to love you. What we say privately will show up publicly.