Welcome to Teachback Tuesday, where we play the most popular episodes from previous seasons.

This week's episode, Escaping the Envy Trap, received thousands of downloads when we first aired it in 2021,

and it made me wonder, how many people are stuck in this trap of studying other people's lives and wanting to be where they are or have

what they have or to look like they look. Envy is rotten for the soul and it has no age limits.

This episode will give you several things to consider as well as pointing the way out of this

consuming trap. Let's listen to this

episode again. Was someone given the job that you wanted and now you're unhappy because you thought

you were better suited for the position? And no matter how hard you're trying not to think about it,

your mind keeps replaying the painful tape? Or maybe a friend of

yours just had something fabulous happen in her life and you're wondering why she gets all the

fabulous while you get all the ordinary. You'd like to be happy for her, but you're stuck with

the feeling that she didn't deserve anything more. Doesn't she have enough?

When would it be your turn?

Why were the great things happening to everyone but you?

Are you looking at someone else's life and thinking that they have what you want?

If so, you're wrestling with envy.

Envy will keep you stuck in a competition that you can't win because

envy is never satisfied. Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with

Francie Taylor. Francie is an author, teacher, and conference speaker.

Sharing lessons from the Word of God is her passion. Now, back to today's important study.

Understand that envy and jealousy are closely related, but envy usually involves our feelings

about someone else's appearance, position, or possessions, while jealousy is an emotion tied to our

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