[September 3]
Love envieth not. I Corinthians 13:4
HAVE I the love that "envieth not," the love that
is generous, so that I can see others prosper and rejoice
in their prosperity, even if, for a time, my own
affairs be not so prosperous?
This is true generosity,
the very reverse of jealousy and envy, which spring
from a perverted nature.
The root of envy is selfishness;
envy will not grow upon the root of love.
Love
rejoices with them that rejoice, in prosperity of every
good word and work, and in the advancement in Christian
grace and in the divine service of all who are
actuated by the divine Spirit. Z'11-422 R4918:2 (Hymn 112)