An excellent post by the brilliant Pastor Park! I have no words, it is so well covered!
No one ever looks in the mirror and says, “I’m a jealous person,” because it implies other people are better than us or that we’re weak somehow, and we’re always trying to protect our egos.
Because it’s so hidden: jealousy is one of the most destructive problems of all. I’m so good at pretending I’m not jealous that I can disguise my hate as “criticism” and “observation” and “keeping it real.” Certainly criticism doesn’t always come from jealousy, but you can tell when it does.
I can attack someone’s weaknesses and presume a whole bunch of other weaknesses by clever extrapolation all while highlighting my strengths, and this makes me nothing more than a jealous petty little hater.
During testimony-time at church when everyone is confessing all kinds of drug addictions and sexual deviance, I’ve never heard a single person say, “I’ve destroyed others with my envy.” No one…
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kingintraining 
Yes! Comparison is a joy killer. Here it is, finally! http://deepandwonderfulthoughts.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/kylahs-story-the-intervention-story-26-of-31/ Thank you for sharing Kllah’s story. 🙂
Cool! 😀 I’ll show her the link!