Musings

I have some questions. Why are people so covetous? Why are some people so intent on making someone else miserable just to get what they want but can't have? They scheme and manipulate - but at the end of it all, they make themselves all sick in their own soul - their mind, their emotions. No wonder God gave us this commandment in one of the Ten Commandments in Genesis 20:17, "You shall not covet your neighbour's house; you shall not covet your neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbour's".

Wouldn't we be far better off to trust God to provide for our needs? Well, God did say in Matthew 6:25-33, that we are not to worry about our needs. He tells us to look at the birds - they neither sow nor reap nor gather yet He feeds them. Even the lillies of the field - how they grow: they neither toil nor spin and yet, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Also, if God so clothes the grass of the field, will He not much more clothe us? Our Father in heaven tells us to seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness - that's our part, then He will add all that we need to us - that's His part.

If we truly follow that with our whole heart, I believe we would see less strife between people. Not only that, I think we would enjoy a much healthier being. On that note, I'll leave you to think about it.