this doesn’t seem so clear.
It’s ok to work and plan for new house etc, but that is not coveting? even if your old house is still fine and would be ok, but you feel you want bigger house or a house closer to a certain area or whatever the reason you want to move?
Same goes with so many people who upgrade tv’s appliances etc that work fine, just not so new or up to date as newer models? is that ok or coveting?
Does it make it ok if we donate or give away used items to some one in need? but not ok if we trash them? or sell them to recoup cost of new?
They don’t use the word, but the concept is that of detachment. Basically anything you have is to be used for the greater glory of God. If you have a house to raise a large Christian family in then great. If you have or want a bigger house than you need in order to impress the neighbors or stroke your pride then you have a problem.
It is and as my take is that it's fine.
If we're using the standard definition then "covet" means "yearn to possess or have (something)" so it's hard for me to see anything wrong w/ coveting more time w/ my kids. The quote wasn't in the post above but I do think we're basically talking about the tenth comandment (from here): “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” So that would mean it's wrong to covet my neighbor's house that he wants to keep but if one just like it is for sale then I can work and plan for it.
We hear all the time about how the government's supposed to stop "income inequality", and imho this talk is a sin. Likewise I'm very unimpressed w/ complaints about how the U.S. economy used to be half the world's GDP but now it's only a third. The rest of the world's better off --that's a good thing isn't it?