Once a man who had been slandered by a newspaper came to Edward Everett and asked him what to do about it.
“Don’t do anything,” Everett advised. “Half the people who bought the paper never saw the article. Half of those who saw it did not read it. Half of those who read it did not understand it. Half of those who understood it did not believe it. And half of those who believed it are of no account anyway.”
If you are known to be hard-working and successful, you have a target on your back. Others who can’t fit into your shoes will go out of their way to try and bring you down. This has been true since the ink dried on the book of Genesis.
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”
Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Do your best and use your God-given gifts. Remember, however, that it will always attract the twins of envy and jealousy.
Give it some thought.
Gary