This week: Seven: Envy (Josh Harvey) The series on the seven deadly sins continued and this week we focused on ENVY. Envy sneaks in so that we do not even notice it enter. It enters in hundreds of small ways tempting us to look away from what God has provided and blessed us with. Our eyes become far sighted; we are unable to focus on any of the blessings surrounding us and instead what we see in perfect clarity is what she has. I like it. I want it. I need it. She doesn’t. She doesn’t even realize what she has. He doesn’t need all of that. As our eyes become locked on those around us we consider, almost exclusively, our hurt and we grow into desiring the hurt of those who have what we want. Envy breaks relationships (it cripples community) and abandons us to our own lonely selves. Envy is deadly to our character, our witness, our relationships and to our spirituality. Envy is bad. Stay away from it.
Next Week: Seven: Anger (Jon Harvey)
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