We said Sunday that envy rejects the good life God has given me and obsesses over what God gives someone else. Does envy seem a trivial sin to you? In what ways does envy have the ability to distract your heart from all the good gifts God puts in your hands?
We also suggested Sunday that the person who envies and the person who mourns both lack something. Do you agree with this statement? Why or why not? From your perspective, how can this be a torment for the first and a blessing for the second?
2 comments:
I don't think envy is trivial because true envy consumes our thoughts and actions. We are always trying to figure out how to get what we want. Sometimes trying to get what we want causes us to sin. The 'envier' and the mourner are alike because of the obsession. Being a constant woe is me person has to consume thoughts and actions, always looking for a way to be noticed. A way to be noticed and getting that recognition is envy.
I think you are absolutely right Kim. Each of these deadly sins is like a slow-acting toxin that eventually kills us.
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