Coveting on Facebook for Dummies

Ever heard the story?

The boy wishes he were a teen because he has autonomy (after all, he drives, right?),

The teen wishes he were a twenty-something because he gets to drink and go to college,

The twenty-something wishes he were a middle-ager because he is relationally and financially set,

The middle-ager wishes he were the old man because his life is peaceful,

And the old man wishes he were a boy, to do it all over again.

Coveting, or envy, is beyond circular, its redundant.

That's why not doing it its a commandment. (Ex. 20:17)

Due to the limitation of space, time and experience, there will always be things outside of our reach, always mountains we gaze at in wondrous envy, never to climb. The point is not that you would climb every mountain or clear every obstacle on Earth, but that you would clear your own.

Don't get me wrong, you didn't come up with the idea you needed a version of the iPad that hasn't even come out yet, by yourself, the world runs on keeping you dissatisfied. With every new technologically advent, comes a way to pump in more advertisements and therefore covetous seeds in our minds and hearts.

So all the singles wish they were dating,

All the daters wish they were married,

And half of the marrieds wish they were dating,

While the other half wishes they were...uh oh.

May we dare ask God to make us content. May we dare to congratulate others when they get better things than us. And may we not be tempted to break the windshields of parked vehicles, fancier than ours. Oops. Honesty.

“Two things I ask of you [God];
deny them not to me before I die:
Remove far from me falsehood and lying;
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with the food that is needful for me,
lest I be full and deny you
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest I be poor and steal
and profane the name of my God.”

-Proverbs 30:7-9

In Him,

Jean-Marc

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