And this is the way that we can sometimes be in our lives as well, where everything's going well for us in our life, but then we just fixate on that one thing about our life that's not working out.
And this is the same downfall of Haman in the book of Esther. Haman is the second most powerful man in the kingdom, and everybody is giving him all kinds of honor, and he has all kinds of money, he's married, he has 10 sons, he has all of these blessings.
And yet, when he sees Mordecai the Jew in the king's gate, none of it avails him anything. None of that makes him happy because of the one little fly in the ointment, the one thorn in his side.
But let me tell you something, you are always going to have a thorn in your side. Our lives will never be perfect. It's like I was preaching about this morning, when one problem goes away, it's typically replaced by another.
And life is just trading one set of problems for another as you go through life. You just switch problems. It's like, okay, once you finish this trial, now it's the next trial, and then you move on to the next challenge, then you move on to the next difficulty, then you move on to the next tribulation.
That's just the way it works. You're not going to come to a point where everything in your life is ideal. That's just not the way life works.
And so don't make the mistake of Rachel where you look at someone else and envy them because the one area of your life that's not working out, they have together.
Because you know what? Leah could turn around and feel the exact same way toward Rachel. And in fact, she does feel the same way toward Rachel because later in this same chapter, she chews out Rachel about how you took away my husband from me and whatever.
Which, you know, Rachel could kind of say the same thing. Leah could say the same thing. So obviously, it's easy to always look at someone else and say, Oh, well, yeah, sure, I have these four sons, but at least your husband loves you.
You know, at least he's giving you attention. At least you're beautiful. You see, everybody has things in their life that are going well and things that are going bad.
Don't focus on the things that are going bad. Focus on the things that are going well in your life and don't fixate on the one thing that you can't have. This is a way to be unhappy in life.