"When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, 'Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father's house into a market!' " (John 2:13-16)
How often do we turn our hearts, the temple of God, into market places. The heart should be a sacred place, but many are no longer so today. A heart can be bought with transient offers, offers that seem "kind of cool", "kind of hot" at the moment, but are completely meaningless the next day. The door to a heart is opened for anyone, anyone at all, out of the respect for "an open mind".
Not this heart, the heart that has been claimed God's house. May I love with all my heart. May I feel with all my heart. But may my heart never be bought and exchanged as a commodity, ephermeral with a negotiable price.
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