Transforming Our Hearts - Sharon Weeks-Alleyne

Transforming Our Hearts

Sharon Weeks-Alleyne

Iknow Valentine’s Day has come and gone but I think it’s fitting after we’ve sent our flowers, chocolate and sweets, we should sit back and renew our minds to the true meaning of THE LOVE Jesus encourages us to live for.

I believe every word in THE WORD but I love to hear THE WORDS OF JESUS because I know it’s also THE FATHER’S WORD and that’s what we should live by.

After accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour, our ultimate goal on the journey is to make it to our Heavenly Home, so we should concentrate on living the way God expects us to live so we could enter in.

Jesus was asked that very question by a professor of the law in Luke 10:25-37 — what should I do to inherit eternal life? Jesus replied, “Love God with your entire being and love your neighbour as yourself.” Then the professor asked, “Who is my neighbour?” And Jesus shared a parable with him and those around to figure out. I know we would have some choice words for the professor. What foolish questions! He’s an expert, he should know better. But let me remind you, we have all sixty-six books of the Bible; with this story included, we’re still missing the mark, as the Body of Christ.

1 Corinthians 13 gives us the definition of love for the believer. Then it ends by telling us what will remain eternal — FAITH, HOPE and LOVE — but it goes on to say the greatest is LOVE. Why is love the greatest? It is the greatest because when Jesus returns, faith and hope will not be needed because what we hoped for and had faith in will be with us, that’s JESUS, but love is what we’ll need in Heaven. It will be a “LOVE FEST” over yonder. Not the one that gives us butterflies when we see our “hunk of a man” or our “Slim and Sexy Senorita” (EROS LOVE) which changes when their body changes. We need the love Jesus showed, The AGAPE LOVE — the love that loves the unlovable; that is patient with the person who is a bit slow witted; that is kind to that mean co-worker (not subjecting yourself be trodden upon) showing them you’re firm but kind, helping when help is needed, going the extra mile. It’s being that Good Samaritan, that would help the person that hates your guts (and if there’s a time for this, we’re seeing it played out before our eyes on a daily basis it’s now).

The hate is real but we’re called to love and we have to love; we have to renew our thoughts, resist the thoughts that will come to make us behave like they’re behaving and choose to love. Read scriptures that will reiterate love and show love. Don’t just bless the blessed, but rather bless those in need. Don’t just greet the Bishop, First Lady and Deacons, greet the one in need and meet their needs and that’s how we’ll make it in. As the scripture continues to say, it’s not speaking in tongues or healing the sick that will be our ticket to heaven. Our ticket will be marked LOVE. Did you feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit those in prison or take care of the widow? CHECK YOUR LIST and see how your LOVE LIST is adding up. What have you done thus far? What could you put a check mark to on the list? Then let’s go before our Heavenly Father and ask HIM to teach us to LOVE HIM with our all and to LOVE like HE LOVES.