Why get jealous?
Have you ever opened your gifts at the same time during Christmas? Have you ever felt happy with the gifts you received until such time you found out you like what the others received more? I had those times, not only during Christmas, but in the course of life when I compared God’s gifts to me with those He gave to other people.
One Christmas however, in our traditional family get together, nobody got jealous. Everyone received the kind of gift that made them feel loved, special. It was then that I realized why we often don’t have the same gifts that other people have. It’s because we are special, and each is given a special gift that is theirs and theirs alone. Oh, if only we have eyes to see those gifts as God sees them, we’d know how great those gifts are, and we’d never exchange them for something else!