Why do they always get the attention? I work hard too.

Saul had everything — a crown, an army, a nation. But the moment someone else got a song, he lost himself. Jealousy doesn't mean you want what they have. It means you've forgotten what you already carry.

The conversation

The child: “Daddy God... why do they always get the attention? I work hard too.”

God: “I know you do. Tell Me what's really bothering you.”

The child: “It's not fair. They got picked and I didn't. Again.”

God: “Saul was a king. And he lost his mind because a teenager got a bigger cheer.”

The child: “That's different. He was jealous.”

God: “Is it different?”

The child: “...okay, maybe I'm a little jealous.”

God: “That's honest. Jealousy is just fear wearing a costume.”

The child: “Fear of what?”

God: “Fear that there isn't enough for you. That their blessing means less of yours.”

The child: “Does it?”

God: “No. I don't run out. Their portion doesn't shrink yours.”

The child: “Then why does it feel so personal?”

God: “Because you're measuring your chapter three against their chapter twelve.”

The child: “What if I'm never the one who gets the song?”

God: “You already have one. You've just been too busy listening to theirs to hear it.”

The child: “Can You help me be happy for them? I actually want to be.”

God: “That prayer right there? That's the you I made.”

"But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another." Galatians 6:4, KJV