From the Heart by B.Demaere

  The Power of Letting go Whether we are intelligent or spiritual we have the choice to release, or letting go.  Whatever you like to call it, breathe in breath out.  It seems that in every discipline known to man there is a way of letting go.  Thus, even in regular prayer one aspect of it, it is to let go. In life we must learn through it to let go of stuff.  Letting go of accumulated furniture and junk in our homes.  Letting go of our children when they are teenagers. Letting go of them when they get married.  All through life we go through this process of metamorphosis to become eventually free like a beautiful butterfly.  We also must teach this to our children and the process goes on and on.  We must let go of our bad memories and guilt from the past.  Do you understand that the more you let go of baggage and chains, the more you will be free in your life to do either what God wants you to do or what you have dreamed all your life. I tell you and at the same time speak that to mys

From the Heart by B.Demaere: Rich and Foolish (Luke 12:16-21) :   Rich and Foolish (Luke 12:16-21) If you are at all responsive to the teaching of the Bible and Jesus, you will notice that the Bible oft...

  Rich and Foolish (Luke 12:16-21) If you are at all responsive to the teaching of the Bible and Jesus, you will notice that the Bible often  teaches about finances. Well, why is that? It is because like bread we use it every day. Prior to this parable (a parable is a story to teach a biblical truth), a man wanted Jesus to interfere with his family’s affairs of inheritance. So, Jesus responded by telling him he was not the one to judge. He freed this man with the truth  by giving him this story (John 8:32). The Parable The story goes like that, a rich man has a large field with barns where he can gather his crops and one productive year, he decides to build new barns and accumulate his wealth all to himself. God intervenes and put an end  to his life and tell him that his wealth will go to someone else. God decide his fate, not money. The moral of the story is: Do not accumulate riches for yourself only but learn to share it with the poor and use it wisely for God’s glory and kingdom

From the Heart by B.Demaere: When all is said and done.... :   After all is said and done… As you can probably understand with my mother’s passing away just a few weeks ago, I have been in deep thoug...

  After all is said and done… As you can probably understand with my mother’s passing away just a few weeks ago, I have been in deep thoughts about death. Death affects both the dying as we are going to see in a bit and the dead. No one escape it and soon or later you and me will face it. I could not copy what I saw about Steve Jobs's deathbed experience (One of the richest men who ever lived)  .  His last word was solemn and deep.  I was wondering, but why do we have to wait to be on our deathbed to realize that, like Steve Jobs, a watch of $30 will show the same time than a $300 one or an expensive wallet holds the same amount than a cheaper one.  Our national debt shows that many people are still choosing the expensive options.  Steve Jobs realized too late that money was an experience he had fortunately gone through.  But through this darkness he never probably experienced the blessings of family and most of all the blessing of the love of God like so many people flee from, b

From the Heart by B.Demaere: Sibling's Rivalry (Luke 10:38-42) :   Sibling’s Rivalry (Luke 10:38-42) Attention We all seek it whether it be from parents or peers and even from our own boss.   We are na...

  Sibling’s Rivalry (Luke 10:38-42) Attention We all seek it whether it be from parents or peers and even from our own boss.   We are natural boasters.   There is a mature way to seek attention and a bad way.   Even from God, many people in the Church seek it by works or duties and its all by grace.   We get ourselves so windup for glory and then fall on our faces in defeat because we have missed the mark.   That is the actual meaning of sin: missing the mark.   Life could be a lot simpler if we well! Focused. Martha and Mary You can see that these two, with Jesus in their home were competing for attention from the Lord.   After all, it’s not every day you have Jesus sitting at your table and yet we do in our own way have him with us.   Only this time he was there physically.   I could have pictured Martha being busy and noisy with pots and pans saying to herself or out loud, “Look at me Jesus, I am here cooking you a meal, am I not special?” But Jesus calmly enjoyed his time tea