From the Heart by B.Demaere

From the Heart by B.Demaere: The Crisis of Loneliness : There are many lonely people in this world which is ironic since we are so populated on our little globe.   In fact, you might be one of the...

There are many lonely people in this world which is ironic since we are so populated on our little globe.   In fact, you might be one of them suffering. What is loneliness? Well, you might be all alone right now and not be lonely or you might be in a room full of people and be lonely. I describe loneliness as an almost uncontrollable feeling or craving for companionship.   Almost like boredom, maybe it comes from boredom. To me, it is a calling to do something creative.   I have been lonely many times.   You know, you can even be lonely while being married. There is a void in our hearts to be filled and we want something else in there than God.   We say, “Certainly not you God!” We would rather have a ‘real’ person with us or our phone.   Something we can touch.   Life would be wonderful then and we get it and find out the loneliness is still there.   We then turn to drugs or pornography, and we keep going in a downward spiral and it kills...

Throughout the Bible, we are not only encouraged to not do evil, but also to not associate with it. Look at King of Judah, Jehoshaphat for example.   One great king who was after God, he had of course just a few flaws.   He had some friendship with the world. For starter, his son Jehoram married Athaliah, the daughter of king Ahab who was an evil king. We see him here where he helped king Ahab in chapter 18 and escaped fortunately from getting killed himself.   King Ahab was killed in the battle.   Since Jehoshaphat was a good king God protected him that day.   In 2 Chronicles 19:2 a prophet comes to him and corrects him on having helped king Ahab and associated with evil. The prophet tells him that he has helped one who hated the Lord. Furthermore, the prophet also tells him that because of what he did, God’s anger is against him. Sure enough, in the next chapter 20 we see him associating with the king of Israel Ahaziah an evil king as well.   ...

From the Heart by B.Demaere: Investing in People : I am just an average Joe, but I know enough to know that if you invest time and effort in the people around you.  It will be a worthwhile ...

I am just an average Joe, but I know enough to know that if you invest time and effort in the people around you.  It will be a worthwhile investment that will bring great returns in your life. Treat them with respect and dignity and you will get it back several folds.   I have made a lot of mistakes in my life, but God by his grace has covered my many faults and given me back for the little obedience I have given him. We hear a lot about ‘invest your money in this and that’ and those deals might not be always good and even scary looking. But invest yourself in people and they will go out of their way to serve you. Soon or later it will happen. Like I said, I don’t have much but the little I know, or have I invested it around me, and it grows on its own.   My wife has invested in her garden time and effort, and she is enjoying the return of a beautiful crop.   Should she have left it growing on its own would she have the same results?   I doubt it. ...