Jealousy plays a big part in human nature and has throughout the annals of time. Cain killed Abel due to jealousy. This is a big part of the human psyche.
If jealousy if not curtailed or reined in, will cause
the person who harbors it to do unseemly things. It thrives under the best and
the worst types of soil (conditions).
It will even grow on bare rocks (meaning when a person seemingly has nothing for
another to be jealous of). This means that it is going to be present as long as
mankind inhabits this world. But I want to talk about it from the perspective
of a growing child’s mind.
As I told you yesterday, a child’s mind is very
fertile soil and whatever is sown is what
will be grown. Children spend the bulk of their waking hours in school or
doing school related activities, homework, etc. When children come together in
a group, as they do in schools, competitions and comparisons naturally occur. They
may become envious of another’s apparel, skin color, beauty, physical skill,
intelligence, friendships, charisma, etc. When these things crop up in the mind
of a child, if proper instruction is given, it can be eradicated or at least,
kept to a minimum. When prayer was taken out of the schools, a big opportunity
for instruction in basic principles was lost. If, however, there is no
instruction at the opportune time, bad habits can form, and in time, become so
ingrained as to seem to be second nature. This atmosphere can simultaneously
give rise to the, “I’m better than you syndrome” and the “You’ve got it; I want
it; I’ll take it syndrome” where children think that they are entitled to the
best of everything and pretty much demand it. This demand can come from the “have’s”
and from the “have nots.” This can run the gamut from adulation to verbal
criticizing to bullying.
In other words, back when children’s books had morals
taught in them and consequences, children learned what it was to use what they
had and be appreciative. The “No prayer in school generations” have learned
that if you have it and I want it, I get it by any means necessary and you had
better not say anything about it because if you do, I will tell everybody not
to like you or I will beat you up!
Greed and intolerance/hatred are the bywords of a good
portion of the “No prayer in school generations.” Why do I say that, well take
a listen to this:
· Keeping up with the Jones’ by any
means necessary. It takes big money to get the borders
running rampant with drug smugglers. We are talking unmitigated greed by the “have’s”
and also by the “have not’s” because your nickel and dime pushers do their
business under the furtherance of the same system.
1.
You are not as good as I am because
you don’t wear thus and so
2.
Just as good as you because you got
thus and so and so do I
3.
Not only that, but you have money but
you don’t have “game”…trying to have swag and can’t even spell it, walk it nor
talk it. Betcha don’t even know what S.W.A.G. stands for do you? That’s what I thought.
(ha
ha ha)
· “Don’t
dis me. You give me my respect!”
1.
You cannot demand respect and get
it true, you have to purport yourself like somebody with dignity and you will
command the respect due to you. That
means pulling your pants up and keeping your dresses down…
2.
Wearing
a belt
Entitled –
An attitude, demeanor or air of rudeness, ungraciousness or combativeness; feeling
that you have a right to the good things in life without necessarily having to
work for them
I
Wish – If I work hard, save my money and/or go to school, I
will be alright. I have to do like the apostle Paul said, “I have learned in
all things, therein to be content.” Philippians 4:11
Let the children be taught by word and deed is what I say.
Deut. 11:19 Psalm
34:11 Psalm78:5 Deut. 31:19 Isaiah
28:9 There are other scriptures, but you get my drift.
Doing What I Can, While I Can
Alma Jones
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