Jealousy and envy are sins I've always struggled with; I have a bad habit of automatically comparing myself to people I see which started in grade school but the past few years I've been trying to stop it so it's been getting better. I found something, while reading St.Francis de Sales, that has been a huge help this past week and I thought I'd just share it here. He spoke of immediately 'healing the wounds' of sins you commit against others. For example, if you say something rude to somebody, you should try right away to not only apologize but do something extra nice. I've been using this a lot. When I think badly of people or find myself getting jealous of them, instead of getting angry at myself for messing up again, I now try to pray for those people. Pray that God grant them even more things and lead them even closer to Him. It may sound simple but it's so effective because it's so challenging.
Also, the title of my last post "Lord, I'm amazed by You...how You love me." is a song I really like so I just thought I'd share it here:
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