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@daeus-lamb I think, following up on what R. M. Archer said, that we shouldn’t be jealous of other authors for ourselves, or even for Christian writers as a whole.  But I think it is possible to have righteous jealousy for God, if our desire is solely focused on wishing Him the greatest glory over all others.  In that case, we might possibly be rightfully jealous, not for ourselves because we aren’t good enough or talented enough to write the most popular and famous books, but for God because God isn’t getting the glory and honor He would get if Christian authors were better or more famous.  This is basically the difference between envy and jealousy, I guess.

Envy is when you see something someone else has, that you don’t deserve, and yet you desire it for yourself; and this is half the definition of jealousy as well.  But righteous jealousy is when you see someone else has something you (or in this case, God) rightfully deserve, and desire it because it should be yours (or His).  We often mix these two definitions up, but I believe this is the big difference between whether our thoughts are right or wrong.

I’m afraid I didn’t explain this very well, but I hope you get my meaning. 😉

What do you think?