HANDFUL STRESSES

"Again, I considered all travail, and every right work that gor this man is envied of his neighbor's. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. The fool foldeth his hands together, and earth his own flesh.

Better is an handful with quietness than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. (Ecclesiastes 4:4-6).

This is an interesting passage about envy. We often compare ourselves to each other, and want what each other has.

Someone has a nice house, someone has a higher salary, someone has a more loving relationship, someone has children  or more children, someone else is in perfect health or just seems happier. And, despite  the fact that some of these things are ours, we want the ones that we don't have, and we let it  grate at us, and make us feel that somehow life is happier or we are getting a raw deal. When we do this , were like a foolish man, eating his own  flesh". . .meaning, destroying  himself from inside with his own envy. I really like this last verse, because it is a good thing to think about is it better to have less and have peace in our heart and our lives than to worry about how much we have and feel robbed all the time? The scripture at yes, and I think we can all agree if we think about it having one handful of stuff and the other full of quietness and peace is better than two handful stuff in your pocket and a double handful of stress to go along with it. Today, let's try not to compare and worry about what we don't have, let's instead enjoy what God provides, and learn some contentment in your soul. (Matthew 11:28,30). Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give  you rest. Take my yoke and put it on you. And learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and I will give you rest. For the yoke I will give you is easy and the load I will put on you is light. The fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.