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I love my wife. I think she's beautiful, intelligent, and giving. Her personality lights up a room. God has clearly given her many gifts. Clearly, my wife is beautiful to me. Now, as her husband, I have some choices to make as to how I interact with her. Since I think she's so beautiful, it's reasonable for me to assume that someone else might find her just as attractive. So, I might try to control her every move...operating out of jealous fear. Jealousy might lead me to try and control her. To hoard her for myself. But there's another way to look at Clorrisa. I could view all the beautiful ways in which God has gifted her. I could release her, encourage her, and empower her to use her gifts to impact the world for Jesus. But to do that, I have to TRUST. I have to trust her, and I have to trust God. And, most importantly, in trusting her and God, I have to give up control. Jealousy leads to ugly things. It did in King Saul's life. This Sunday, we continued to dig into the life of Saul. And, we saw that jealousy leads to a life of regret.