From the Heart by B.Demaere

  My child listen to what I say, and treasure my commands. Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding,  out for insight, and ask for understanding. Search for them like hidden treasures. Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God. For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding. He grants a treasure of common sense to the honest. He is a shield to those who walk with integrity. He guard the path of the just and protects those who are faithful to him. Wisdom has to be heard and listened to.  It does not come so obviously on the sheet of your Bible because that would be legalistic.  We don't live by the letter of the Law, but by the Spirit.  Your ears have to be tuned in and that requires adjustment.  It's not the same for everybody and we don't all come from the same cookie cutter.  We actually don't come from a cutter at all.  We were each fashioned by God for a specific purpose

These are the proverbs of Solomon, David's son, king of Israel. Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise. Proverbs seems to be a book that scares a lot of people. We either don't want to read it or teach about it which in my opinion is foolishness.  I tell you why right now if you let me finish. People who thinks that they are already wise don't read it because they think they already know enough and people who think others are already wise don't teach about it or if they teach about it other people may think that they are already wise.  Anyway that's all confusion and foolishness because this first two verses in Proverbs clearly teach you that they are there to teach us wisdom because we don't have that kind of wisdom in us and as we are going to see through the Bible, we, naturally don't seem to care. So what is the world talking about when it shows some kind of wisdom? It speaks of James 3:15

Promises to Keep : Restraining Anger (Proverbs 19:11) : People with good sense restrain their anger; they earn esteem by overlooking wrongs. Proverbs is always a good book to read in the Bible.  I...

People with good sense restrain their anger; they earn esteem by overlooking wrongs. Proverbs is always a good book to read in the Bible.  It teaches about the everyday life.  The practical and social side that we are lacking in. We need help especially when it comes to anger.  I needed a lot of help about anger in my past. A quick word comes out to quickly and can do a lot of damage in a short amount of time in a marriage or a family or in any relationships. We would do well to hold a few back at times. The word "restrain" means to  prevent oneself from displaying or giving way to a strong urge or emotion. Do you feel you are no longer respected by people because of your anger the learn to be quiet and choose your words more carefully and you will be esteemed by overlooking their wrongs or whatever causes anger to rise within you. The word "overlooking" is interesting as well it means among other thing, to miss something on purpose or by mistake. So it would be bet

Promises to Keep : God is not mad at you! (Psalm 145:8-13) (Psalm 121... : The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to get angry, full of unfailing love.  The Lord is good to everyone.  He showers compassion on all his c...

The Lord is kind and merciful, slow to get angry, full of unfailing love.  The Lord is good to everyone.  He showers compassion on all his creation.  All your works will thank you, Lord, and your faithful followers will bless you.  They will talk together about the glory of your kingdom; they will celebrate examples of your power.  They will  tell about your mighty deeds and about the majesty and glory of your reign.  For your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.  You rule generation after generation.  The Lord is faithful in all he says; he is gracious in all he does. It is very strange! I could read these verses over again and never think that God is mad at me for being who I am.  It only feels like God is mad at us when we are not obeying his words.  Then we feel distanced, he doesn't like sin more than we don't like the virus.  Sin has no place in his presence.  It is sin that actually gives us that feeling of separation from God.  He loves us nevertheless and this is what th

Promises to Keep : Are you satisfied? (John 6:35) John 6:35-71 : Jesus replied, "I am the bread of life.  No one who comes to me will ever be hungry again.  Those who believe in me will never thirst. ...