Interesting enough, at the center of our being is a God-given desire for beauty, justice, peace, love, and perfection. However, in our state of spiritual deadness, we go after things that will bring temporary relief for the ache of the soul. We try to fill a God-shaped desire with things exclusively of this world. This is the great sin of ordinary people. We envy them.
Envy brings separation.
I cannot rejoice in your blessing if, in my heart, I want it for myself and feel cheated because I think I deserve it at least as much as you do. Envy is a sin that deadens love. It is a serious breach of God's plan for us. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. There is a shadow of the image of God left in the heart of every person.