Covet

Exodus 20:17
¹⁷ Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.


I can remember a friend of mine who lived in the projects in the city.  She lived on a row with a bunch of other women similarly situated.  It was a weekly ritual for the women that they all got together and went to the Laundromat.  I can remember that this went on for years.  One day, one of the women was blessed by her husband to have a washing machine and dryer installed in their unit.  It was the small simple kind that you can hook up to the kitchen faucet.  It wasn't a big set, but it meant that she did not have to go to the Laundromat anymore.  You should have seen how her compatriots treated her.  She was immediately ousted from her peer group and branded as "bouchy".  There are some people who never have a desire for something better until they see better in and on you.  They sit in mediocrity and plan to die there until they meet someone who possesses what they always wanted.  Don't wait until you see your best friend go back to college to enroll.  Don't wait until you see your best buddy driving a nice car to get your own.  Let the beginning of your desires not be after you see it on someone else.  God is a big God and you can have what he has for you.