This is a good thread and I'm interested to see how everyone feels about it.
Here's my view:
Jealousy goes two ways... I have different ways of coping for each:
gratitude and faith.
Wanting what someone else has
Gratitude:
Being grateful for what I have helps keep me grounded and not wish I had something that isn't mine....or from being envious---envy is a cousin to jealousy.
Fear of losing what I do have
Faith:
Being confident that God will take care of me and both protect and provide my needs helps me to not fear losing what blessings I do have.
An afterthought is that the areas where this pops up are different for us all, but I wonder if these areas where we struggle (finances, relationships, whatever) are things we feel are out of our control? If I feel in control about something...or am in control, why would I be jealous in the first place? I'm just thinking as I type...and wonder if that makes any sense to anybody.
Or maybe it's something we -could- have control over but don't want to do the work necessary to get it.