He commands, "As you love yourself, so love your neighbor."
Which means:- As you long for nice clothes for yourself, so long for nice clothes for your neighbor.
- As you work for a comfortable place to live, so desire a comfortable place to live for your neighbor.
- As you seek to be safe and secure from calamity and violence, so seek comfort and security for your neighbor.
- As you seek friends for yourself, so be a friend to your neighbor.
- As you want your life to count and be significant, so desire that same significance for your neighbor.
- As you work to make good grades yourself, so work to help your neighbor make good grades.
- As you like to be welcomed into strange company, so welcome your neighbor into strange company.
So where does envy fit into this? Where does greed fit?
I picked up my daughter at a friends house. It was opulent, they had a beautiful house. Their two children had so much - even a backyard ice skating rink. The parents were gracious and very polite and seemed like great people.So what should I pray for? Should I be jealous of what they have? Should I demand that they pay their "fair" share?
What I did pray for is that family have more children, have 4, 8... I pray this was a righteous prayer.
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