Compassion and Passion

One of my earliest act of compassion involves the school stray dog. I remembered buying chicken for the dog near the primary school canteen because it looked skinny. Then there was this boy in lower primary that had no $ for food. I do not remember how he looked like or what is his name but i remembered buying him $1.00 noodle for lunch for quite some time. After all, its so uncomfortable eating in the near presence of an obviously hungry kid around my age.

Soon, I started to give $ to an old man in a near by block on the way to school. Well, he begged even little children like me and i thought, i was in a much better position than him. However, once i caught him smoking and buying cigarettes with a lot of money, I decided to donate else where.

The NKF saga hit me really bad as I was one active donor, via GIRO since i started working and also became by default an active fund solicitor for them during my insurance sales days. Well we were given envelopes to raise funds for their many a Walkathons or new Dialysis centres etc and we were also given high targets from our bosses, (at least $200 per envelope ok!!!) so after each sale, I had to beg my new customers to PITY those in less well off position. Most customers will give $2-10 and my church congregation gave more $20-50, plus my own savings, I was one of those that consistently collected more donations. Imagine my heartache when it was discovered that only a small portion of the funds collected went to help those desperate and needy patients, I was quite furious. I had been made use of, so to speak.

After the NKF saga, I am now more careful with giving money and donations. Beyond the regular tithes and offerings, I would like to see that my family, my extended family needs are indeed well taken care of before I reach out to the "unknown" less fortunate both in this country and without.

In the past i had a problem with prosperity. I was taught that being rich is no good, that with more money will surely come more troubles and some how God prefers to bless his people non-financially rather than money wise. But now I fully understand and want God's prosperity for our family so we can help others too. My family had experienced lack before and going through the hard times made us stronger. We understand that money is only a resource and we now trust God for abundant provisions on a daily basis. He is a wonderful generous provider Father God.

So now, when its comes to our family's musical pursuits, I fully trust God will supply all the funds needed for the music lessons and materials and instruments. I no longer worry about Rachel's future education needs, I know our family is under God's grace and he will take care of it all including blessing us with an apartment cum music studio. Frankly, I can't wait to practise violin in the comfort of an air-conditioned sound proofed home studio and yan may practise his piano in yet another air-conditioned sound proofed room. It shall be done. Soon.

Thank you Lord.