Saturday, October 13, 2007

Tithing

After Pastor Kong's 30th September sermon on tithing and reading Malachi, I decided to tithe my October salary which is a first time for me. For civil servants, our pay comes in on the 12th. So between the 30th September and 12th October, which is today the day I actually tithed, some amazing things happened.

I got an income tax refund! The refund is actually slightly more than my tithe. Why is this amazing?
Two months back, I was really annoyed I had to pay more income tax then my friends who are earning more. This is because I stay in landed property and am not entitled to rebates. But hey, the house don't belong to me right? So I called up IRAS twice and tried my best to fight for rebates but failed both times.
And then two days ago, suddenly out from no where, I got a letter from IRAS about the refund!

I was really blessed today. My colleagues and I went to Pengarang for a seafood lunch because school ended early today. The weather was really good when we were there and after we got on the boat back home, it then started raining. I also made it on time to my cell group meeting because I got two lifts from Gerald and my mum. And then after CGM, Jaslin sent Merf, Jiahui, me and Wendy home! How nice is that?

And then hor today, I was running late for school but I just wanted to do my tithing with e-nets before I leave home. So I was hoping that I won't be late. In the end, I WAS late, but guess what? When I reached school, the gate was still opened! At 7.35am! Usually the gates closes at 7.30a.m. sharp.

Wow wow wow! What can I say? I don't think all these are mere coincidences. Like what Wendy said, GOD IS GOOD!

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