Continued Tithing Again

Yesterday was Sunday and I went to church in town as my usual weekly routine. This time I have decided to continue to tithe again as I need God's blessings and protection on my finances from being devoured by the Devourer. As I give 10% of my income, God will protect my remaining 90% as in Malachi 3. Besides, we are God robbers if we don't tithe as the 10% belongs to God. We have been told to bring all the tithes and offerings to church so that there is food in God's house and for the church to operate effectively, helping the poor and destitute besides spreading the Gospel to all parts of the world.

Bad Working Experience

I have had my share of bad working experience even for a meagre sum of salary. After about 1 and a half years of break and not making money from the internet, I applied to be a sales assistant in a premier lifystyle shopping mall. For only RM800 a month, I had to type 30 addresses every day and match with the post codes because my supervisor earning RM1,700 refuse to drive around to do real marketing. So there I was doing her work and getting offenses written like not putting the cover on the computer or forgetting to put the pencil in the drawer. She just had to find fault with me because another colleague knows that she has many faults - going to work 1 hour late almost every day with excuses of tyre puncture and what have you. So tell me, who is a greater and bigger offender? Coming to work late often and betraying the trust the company has on her!

Malachi 2

Last week, my pastor covered the old testament book of Malachi chapter 2. It was a short book with only 3 chapters. There are verses on tithing in chapter 3. From statistics, it has been shown that people who attend church live longer by an average of 7 years compared to those who don't attend at all. And it was printed in Reader's Digest some time back, a non-spiritual magazine catering to the public. Malachi is a book about blessings and curses as well. It is easy to read and enlightening compared to other books in the Old Testament. I guess next week, chapter 3 will be preached on the pulpit to the congregation.

Choose your friends carefully

In the recent newspaper, a former pastor dad and his 3 very successful sons in the music business, did state that you need to choose your friends carefully. I for one need to learn from this statement. I have had my share of lousy friends and those who only compete with me or take advantage of me. Some even send me anonymous email refusing to reveal their identity but I can guess just as much who is the writer of the unsolicited email. Worse still, she will call my home many times and refuse to even mention her name. Such lousy jokers ought to be deleted from my address book. She is insincere, competitive and a pain in the back. It is my regret to ever meet up with such a specimen and keep in contact in the first place.

Times are Bad

I have stopped tithing to church for a while as my income has reduced substantially and I need to save money for rainy days. 2007 was a good year for me but 2008 seems to be recession year for USA and now Japan which is on the brink of recession. More crimes are committed on the roads and recently there was a kidnapping in Penang that happened to a human resource manager in her apartment's carpark. Just imagine the kind of security in her apartment. She was kidnapped by 3 Indian guys and her husband witness the whole episode and quickly contacted the police. She is back now but warded in the hospital and a wreck from the whole ordeal.