The Butterfly Effect

Your Chance to Test God

"Bring ye all the TITHES into the storehouse...
and PROVE me now, SAITH THE LORD of hosts,
if I will not open you the windows of heaven,
and pour you out a blessing,
that there SHALL NOT BE ROOM ENOUGH
to receive it."
-Malachi 3:10

This is my favorite Bible verse. I have difficulty with the idea of faith - the part that you believe in something you can't see. But this verse is simple: Give Tithe and God will bless me. Heck! He even challenges us to put Him to the test.

What is TITHE - It's simply 10% of everything you gain - income, allowance, interest, harvest... etc... If you earn $1000/month that means that $100 is your tithe. According to the Bible this Tithe belongs to God and SHOULD be returned to Him. In fact it's supposed to be Holy and SHOULD NOT be used even during life and death situations.

THE CHALLENGE:

Well, God himself said that we could test Him in this aspect... so if you decide to take up the challenge, when you receive your paycheck this end of the month, do the following:

1. Set aside 10% (Tithe) of your income - that's AFTER taxes and BEFORE again, BEFORE any bills or expenses.
2. Give the Tithe to your church immediately so that you won't be tempted to spend it. (It's not in God's hands if you still have it somewhere where you can get to it).
3. Wait for 1 month and see if God keeps His promise.

If you believe in God, you have nothing to loose, and a lot to gain.

If you don't believe in God, this is your chance to prove Him wrong.

In a Bubble

Its a big world out there but who are we fooling. Only a few of us realize that there is more to the world than what we are used to.
... We make our life a daily routine and blow small things out proportion so that they seem more important.
... We go to the same places, eat at the same restaurants, and see the same people. We always complain that everything is so 'routine' but we have difficulty admitting that we're afraid of new things.
... It's like we're inside a bubble we've created and thats the whole world to us. There are other places to go, other places to dine in, and other people to meet.
... When we feel suffocated we suddenly 'burst' out and do stupid things but when things calm down we find ourselves in unfamiliar territory and retreat back to our bubble.
... Its time we try to slowly expand our small world. Maybe blogging is one way to do that.

Money, the Root of Evil

The religion i belong to runs schools, hospitals, publishing houses. There have been many instances where the treasurers (sometimes with the help of higher administrators) of this establishments have secretly pocketed the money that passes through them.
...

Eventually they were found out but in all the instances i know of, none were brought to justice. Some of them even migrated to the US.
...

I'm curious - was it worth it? It seems that these people are actually living better lives while the institutions they stole from are in debt - or are they really happy?

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National Shame

This is one of those days I'm ashamed to be a Filipino - Peace Corps Volunteer Murdered. She had only good intentions for the country.

What a stupid, stupid man!

National Shame

This time I'm ashamed to be a Filipino - Peace Corps Volunteer Murdered

Death of My Yahoo

For some unknown reason my email address of 10+ years, rhy1@yahoo.com has ceased to exist. I'll miss the hundreds of junk mail I get by the day :) But there goes my Yahoo360!, YM contacts....

I'll be back with Yahoo, soon. For the meantime, you can email me at rygeltm@gmail.com

I'll miss that address....

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Bar Bar A: You know how it is... those who have tanned skin want to be fairer and those who have fair skin want to get a tan :) I'm already a bit fair by the standards here but it looks more pale than fair

DaybyDay4-2day: I really can't imagine how 20F must feel.

Summer Is Here

It's just February and summer has already started (sigh). The heat is already getting to me. My room is both a blessing and not. During the warm afternoons, my room is cool but during the cool nights, my room is a lot warmer than the outside.

Guess it's time for lots of fluids and I hope I get a tan :)

Happy summer to all!