An article from Psychology Today reads: “As emotions go, jealousy is neither subtle nor kind, but it is definitely complex, encompassing feelings from fear of abandonment to rage to humiliation. It strikes both men and women when they perceive a third-party threat to a valued relationship, and that distinguishes it from envy, which involves wanting something someone else has. Conventional wisdom holds that jealousy is a necessary emotion because it preserves social bonds, but it more often destroys them. And it can give rise to relationship violence.” Jealousy can destroy a person. It cripples them into believing that the “grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” Anything we have – a gift, talent, job, relationship – is purely grace from God. Love therefore rejoices in God’s grace being poured out into each other’s lives. Because it is a gift, love also recognizes that you and I have no grounds for boasting in anything we have because we have it only by grace.
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