THE GREEN EYED MONSTER

There are times in life you wake up and for one reason or the other, you are unable to count your blessings. You just can't bring yourself to doing this. You can't see beyond your shortcomings, your unanswered prayers, your pain.....

It doesn't end here, you take it a notch higher. You just have to go there. You begin to compare yourself with other humans!! This is your greatest undoing!! Your mood takes a downturn for the rest of the day. Woe betides whoever crosses your path. You just want to keep brooding about why things are working this way for person A/B and not you. Your thoughts graduate to anger against God and furthermore to bitterness against person A/B. You begin to resent these persons you have chosen to compare yourself with!! If care is not taken, this can go on for days and then you realize you can't hide your resentment towards your target anymore. You begin to think bad thoughts towards this person subconsciously; forgetting that blowing out another person's candle won't make yours shine brighter. You focus all your energy on this target and begin to "judge his/her case". justifying how they don't deserve what they have and you on the other hand deserve it and more a million times over. You subconsciously begin to wish this person ill. Forgetting yet again, how this won't make things any better.

Hmmmmm......jealousy is a bastard!!! Pardon my language. But as always, I bring good tidings.  You don't have to let this monster rob you of your everlasting joy. Once it starts creeping in (yes it's a creeper, gradually growing as you feed it), nip it in the bud with speed! Starve it!! You wonder how right? Well.....unfortunately, I don't have all the answers. Go to God in prayer. *insertgrinhere*

However, there's this one thing my mother taught me and it has helped me a great deal. So I'll share it, who knows, it just might work for you as well. My mom taught me to pray in such a situation as this. Cliche right!! What did you expect na!! It is what it is FAM! We are #jesus'army# Pray to get rid of the monster and pray for those you have chosen to compare yourself with. As annoying and hard as it seems. Once you do it,  you'll feel better and would be able to count your blessings. Trust me on this one.
P.s. How do u handle your green eyed monster? I'll love to hear from you. Simply drop your comment. Thanks

Haven said this, it's time to introduce our jam for this week..... PRAY by Sanctus real.
Cheers #J.A#

LYRICS

I bow my head to pray, I don't know what to say

I'm not sure how to fix the things I'm dealing with

I'm in a desperate place, I need to share the weight

But I just don't know how, to let it all pour out

Though I'm silent, my heart is crying

Cause I was made to come to You

So I pray

God I need You more than words can say

Right here in this moment

You know my heart, You know my need

You know every part of me

So even if it's just to speak Your name

I'm gonna pray

I failed to find the time, but You've been calling out

I let the days go by as if I could live without

But it's gotta be here now, I won't be pulled away

Cause it's just You and I, so let the world around us fade

As I pray

God I need You more than words can say

Right here in this moment

You know my heart, You know my need

You know every part of me

So even if it's just to speak Your name

I'm gonna pray

I'm gonna pray

(Father)

Will You meet me here right now?

(Father)

I surrender, lay it down

(Father)

And every time I close my eyes

I know that I was made

To lift my hands and pray

I lift my hands and pray

You know my heart, You know my need

And every single part of me

So even if it's just to speak Your name

I'm gonna pray

I'm gonna pray

You know my heart, You know my need

You know every part of me

I bring willing words and one heart [?]

Take it as an offering