Friday, December 9, 2011
Jealous much?
Ok so I have began going to the gym everyday early in the morning. It's not busy and I get my pick of the equipment. It's very nice and I really hope to do well with it. I tried the every other weekday thing. Just wasn't habit forming enough to convince me to get up early every day. Now my body is beginning to form a habit of waking up on it's own. Got the idea from my neighbor who goes everyday and he is losing weight!
Anyway that has nothing to do with jealousy. But since I am on the tread mill I listen to podcasts and listened to once from Andy Stanley about being jealous. Well while he started talking about it my mind went exactly where all our minds go. "I'm not jealous but I know who is." Of course that was quickly addressed and I knew that was not why I was listening. So I quickly force myself to look inward (which wasn't easy). But I quickly found myself seeing things I didn't like as Andy began describing some ways to measure jealousy. Now hold on because this is where it becomes difficult.
What do I celebrate? Do I celebrate the failures of others that help me look better when they "appear" much better than I? I say "appear" because that is what jealousy comes out of. We are worried about appearances and superficial things. Also our jealousy comes from our own perspective of what we have or may not have. Chances are that person may find you to be much more blessed from their perspective. So do I wish and hope for days I get to look better than someone else? Do I quietly celebrate the fall of another because it makes me feel better and makes me "think" others perceive me as better because of someone else's failure? Do I ever wish I had what someone else has?
I don't know about you but this is an eye opener for me. How I need to keep watch over myself and guard my heart and mind against jealousy. Lord please forgive my jealous heart and thoughts.
What to do? Andy recommends celebrating everything you can about others. Do it out loud even if it doesn't feel right. You exercise despite the fact you don't feel like it. Well, exercise you way out of jealousy. I know I really don't want to see others fail I want to see everyone succeed, I just need to don't ever take it personal and worry how it makes me look. Just let others look good!
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