i am a flower quickly fading, here today and gone tomorrow.

again, I am faced with another one of life's challenges. And this one I know is relevant in many other lives besides mine. And this challenge just happens to be, jealousy. Yup, we all know it. and we've all had to deal with it throughout the years. Jealous for what someone has, jealous for someones talents, or even jealous of someones relationship with another. At first, I just thought it was normal, it was human-nature to want more. to want what others have. But lately, I've realized that this isn't okay. actually, it's pretty bad. James 4:2-3 says...

"You desire but you do not have, so you kill. You covet but cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not recieve, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures."

As human, we want. It doesn't matter what, but inside of us, we all want. But that's not what God wants. He wants us to be able to celebrate when others are blessed. He wants us also to be able to bless others instead of constantly thinking of what we don't have. And when we continue to bless others is when we will begin to be blessed.

thanks for reading :)