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Reply To: both small and great (servants of God)

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February 4, 2016 at 8:56 am #447

MaryBeth

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Who says anyone is ever better in anyway than yourself? Is God saying that? Of course not! God’s Love is impartial and infinite. Understanding and all good comes from reflection alone – it is never a personal endowment. Covetness is the ploy of the devil. It puts you in the wrong mind, disobeys God and His commandments and should never be tolerated! When I realized that fact and shut the door on this devilish suggestion it enabled me to make progress I could never have made otherwise. When I was busy wishfully thinking about what I perceived as other people’s progress, understanding and the like I was ignoring my own “wheat field” and not being grateful for the good God had bestowed on me and so limiting myself from gaining the great good God has for all His children. There is a reason we have the command – “Thou shalt not covet.”!