The Role Of Envy

Your post has hit upon some really great points. The Church should be a body of believers who support one another, yet envy and anger seem to be able to work their way in upon the body of believers. Your statement, “it destroys our witness of Christ’s unconditional love” is very true when we allow envy and anger take over in our lives. Unbelievers look at churches and base their opinions on what they see and sometimes what they see is quite frightening in the way of envy and anger amongst believers. DeYoung (2009) states, “Envy is typically more concerned with who we are. Envy targets the internal qualities of another person, qualities that give a person worth, honor, standing, or status” (p. 43). We should be finding our self-worth