Transforming Our Lives Sharon Weeks-Alleyne
The Bible is full of scripture; Proverbs, Psalms, and stories that are there to assist us in transforming our lives. In this Month’s Issue I would like us to look at PSALMS 1 which is so helpful if we want to see changes in our lives. It starts out by saying: “BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT WALKETH NOT IN THE COUNSEL OF THE UNGODLY…” If you really want to be blessed/happy, you should not seek ungodly counsel and many times these are the type persons we seek out because they will tell us exactly what we want to hear. If we have marital problems, especially when we feel we are in the right, we don’t want to hear try the fruit of the spirit. We go to the person who will tell us the opposite because that is how we feel in the moment. We want to lash out, but The Word is telling us not to go that route if we really want to be Blessed and Happy. It also admonishes us: “NOT TO STAND IN THE WAY OF SINNER…” Growing up in Church we were taught this meant not going to the cinema, ungodly family gatherings or parties that were not Christian, but this is speaking to more than missing out on family gatherings. It is speaking of our everyday lives, who we associate with on a daily basis, the conversations, the things we do with others and the things we feed our minds and souls with. We may say ‘Oh, I’m fine, they can’t change me’, but it does. It is like taking a pure bucket of spring water and you keep dropping muddy, murky water in it, that water becomes contaminated and so do we. 10
