Nope...not gonna go there
The evidence of God's goodness - is it evident all over your life? Perhaps you will answer that one, "Nope, but I sure can see it in the life of..." Why is it we don't see the evidence of what God is doing in us as much as we see what he is doing all around us in the lives of others? It may be because we have a little bit of a problem with "envy", even if we don't actually realize it. We all have moments when we just "envy" the other guy a little bit, don't we? As hard as we try to resist the green-eyed beast we call "jealousy", it rears its ugly head and we are seeing things through eyes of envy, self-pity, and self-defeat. It is an age-old problem, indeed. Did you ever stop to consider just how blessed you are, even if you don't possess all the luxuries the other guy seems to possess at this very moment? When I was beleaguered and bitter, totally consumed by envy, I was totally ignorant, a dumb ox in your very presence. ...