January 20: Christ Must Increase, We Must Decrease

Jealousy can be a terrible thing. It is closely linked with one’s own insecurity and difficulty in accepting what one is. It is very difficult to see others surpassing the skills of which we are proud. It is difficult to see people turning their attention away from us to others. It is difficult for us to have the spirit of John the Baptist, “He must increase; I must decrease.” The cure for jealousy is for us to accept fully our strengths and our weaknesses and not to measure our success as persons by what we can do or by what people think of us. All that matters is that God be given glory and that the work of the Kingdom be done. If some are doing it better than us, we should be grateful. If some are not doing such things better than we are, but are getting all the credit, does it really matter?

For an article on Envy and Jealousy: https://catholicexchange.com/envy-and-jealousy-why-the-difference-actually-matters/

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