Jealousy

1. Mr. Moody once told a story which illustrated the only sure plan of getting rid of jealousy.

"There were two businessmen--merchants--and there was great rivalry between them, a great deal of bitter feeling. One of them became a Christian. He went to his minister and said:

"'I am still jealous of that man, and I do not know how to overcome it.'

"'Well,' he said, 'if a man comes into your store to buy goods, and you cannot supply him, just send him over to your neighbor.'

"He said he wouldn't like to do that.

"'Well,' the minister said, 'you do it, and you will kill jealousy.'

"He said he would, and when a customer came into his store for goods which he did not have he would tell him to go across the street to his neighbor's. By-and-by the other began to send his customers over to this man's store, and the breach was healed."


2. In South America there is a strange vine known as the matador. Beginning at the foot of a tree, it slowly makes its way to the top. As it grows, it kills the tree, and when at last the top is reached, it sends forth a flower to crown itself. Matador, means KILLER ... jealousy. ... It appears harmless when it is small, but if it is allowed to grow, its tendrils of malice and hatred soon clasp themselves around the heart and eventually kill the soul.


3. I remember reading somewhere in a Grecian story of a man who killed himself through envy. His fellow citizens had reared a statue to one of their number who was a celebrated victor in the public games. So strong was the feeling of envy which this incited in the breast of one of the hero's rivals that he went forth every night in order, if possible, to destroy that monument. After repeated efforts he moved it from its pedestal, and it fell, but in its fall it crushed him.


4. Jealousy is the raw material of murder.


5. Many lovely things pass out of life when jealousy comes in.


6. One can be covetous when he has little, much, or anything between, for covetousness comes from the heart, not from the circumstances of life.


7. Jealousy is a rebellion against God Himself, & the liberty & pleasure of His dispensations.


8. Covetousness is a spiritual idolatry; it is the giving of that love & regard to worldly wealth which are due to God only.


9. Americans sink millions of Dollars in unsound financial schemes, one of which is trying to keep up with the neighbours.


10. If it were as easy to arouse enthusiasm as it is suspicion, just think what could be accomplished!

Anger Is Hazardous To Your Health

How Anger Wrecks Your Body

(ABCNews.com) Dr. Redford Williams of Duke University and author of the book, Anger Kills, says mounting research shows that the stress hormone cortisol that fuels your anger can literally tear your blood vessels.

“It’s actually causing little nicks and tears in the inner lining of the arteries that feed our heart,” Williams said. “If the anger continues day in and day out, the repair doesn’t take place.”

And once the arteries are damaged, a bout of rage could trigger a heart attack.

“And these frequent chronic anger-induced arousals can over time reduce your resistance to infections, can make you more prone to develop cancer,” Williams said.

In a recent study at Hope College in Holland, Mich., researchers asked 71 college students to recall a hurtful situation that involved another person. In the study, which appears in Psychological Science, the students were asked to assess how their bodies reacted as they spent two hours alternately imagining themselves forgiving and not forgiving the other person.

Each session lasted about 16 seconds followed by a relaxation period. During the unforgiveness sessions, they replayed the events in their minds, remembering how unfair it was of the person to hurt them, how they would like them to feel about it and how they would feel if they harbored a grudge.

The students’ heart rates jumped from a baseline of 1.75 beats every four seconds to nearly three beats during the rehearsal sessions, the study says. The beats rose to 2.6 when they harbored grudges. Similarly, blood pressure rose 2.5 mm/Hg in a four-second period when the students either rehearsed the hurtful experience or harbored grudges.

But when the students chose to empathize with the person who hurt them, and focus on their human qualities, their heart rates fell an average of a half-beat every four seconds.

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A short fuse ‘trebles risk of suffering heart attack’
By David Derbyshire, Electronic Telegraph

A study of 256 people over six years found a strong link between feelings of anger and frustration and an increased risk of heart disease. The researchers, who published the findings in Circulation, the journal of the American Heart Association, think stress hormones could trigger heart disease.

People who were most prone to anger were 2.7 times more likely to have a heart attack or sudden death than those with the lowest anger ratings. The relationship was found even when risk factors such as smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol levels and obesity were taken into account.

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It hurts to get angry

If a rattlesnake is cornered, it can become so frenzied that it will accidentally bite itself with its deadly fangs. In the same way, when a person harbors hatred and resentment in his heart, he is often hurt by the poison of his own malice. He thinks he is injuring his enemies by displaying his wrath, but the real harm is inflicted deep within his own soul. Nothing is ever gained by giving way to the dark passion of bitterness and anger.

When someone wrongs us, we must learn to forgive and ask God to let His love fill our heart. It’s the only way to keep from being hurt by bitterness, wrath, and anger.
--Henry G. Bosch