Whose Giving?

Posted on August 17, 2026 by clay 
For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive?
1 Cor 4:7
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written:

“They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor;
    their righteousness endures forever.”

Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness.
2 Cor 9:8-10

Today the Lord shows me all we have came from Him. All. My givings, all came from Him. He gave so that I could give. He gave me something, so that I could give in return. And if He didn’t give, there’s nothing for me to give.

My poor little faith. Thinking to stop giving because we ourselves are lacking. So whose faith to give? Definitely not me, one with little faith.

Praise be to God who’s generous in blessings and generous in heart, wanting to bless me for righteousness that I didn’t own or achieved, but merely credited to my account by His grace through His givings.

Thanking God for these two brothers VP.

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Generosity bears Good

Posted on August 15, 2026 by clay

I thought this morning the idea what’s good might come from generosity can be explained in these 2 examples:

  1. From the example of Nehemiah
  2. From the exhortation of Paul and eastnest desire of Titus
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Detours

Posted on July 10, 2026 by clay

I don’t like detour. It takes longer, a waste of energy and time, and money. It spoils the day. What a straight-forward path becomes very long. Definitely I would arrive later than what I wished. Who likes detour?

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Nehemiah

Posted on June 22, 2026 by clay

I just realised that I’ve never put any posts on the topic / book of Nehemiah. What a shame. Probably I’ve never really sit down long enough to look at it.

This year, as I’ve been reading this book. I thought to write my discoveries. What I’ve learnt and what impressed me the most about Nehemiah.

  1. He is a man of prayer. When he heard bad news, he prayed (1:4). When he was to answer the king, he prayed (2:4). When being ridiculed, he prayed (4:4). When facing adversaries and danger, he asked the people to pray (4:9). When tempted to despair, he prayed (6:9)
  2. He is a man that cares for others (5:6, 14, 17-18). To the weak & poor, he fought for their rights and didn’t overlord the people under him.
  3. He is a man that intuned with God. Twice he said the Lord put things into his hearts (2:12 & 7:5)

Despite the book about Nehemiah and what he did. I think God had chosen him. And it’s interesting to note the person that God chose to use for this task. Someone whose prayer life is solid, able to hear well from God, and whose heart really care for others.

How is your prayer life look like? How is your hearing? What is in your hearts?

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AI Usage – What is our worldview?

Posted on June 3, 2026 by clay

I was reading a sale pitch on using AI enabled algorithm to “convert” donor for generous giving. There are many superfluous words used in that article. And I can’t stop thinking,”what is the motivation / assumption used here?”

Does it mean with AI is better than without AI? Better in what ways? A more dollars being generated? So is this merely a number game; the more the better?

Knowing that AI is only available recently, does this mean that all prior to AI age is worse? By whose standard?

What if this is right (the number game is right, and the AI usage is right, for the end justifies the means)? What does it make us? A utilitarian? A very transactional and machine-like approach? Reminded me of my growing up learning about programming. It’s all about efficiencies, the shorter lines the better, the faster running the more supreme, and all measurement are metrics of different numbers.

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Sloppiness

Posted on May 28, 2026 by clay

I wonder what had happened. But the fact is I have not made an entry this year 🙁

Two things I learnt this week:

  1. Be humble. Not that it’s something new. But it means you listen to others. There are voices that meant to distract / destroy you. But there are voices that care for you. Just because they disagree with you, does not mean they are harmful to you. The ability to discern the motive behind…out of care or out of hatred (Proverbs 27:6 – Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.)
  2. Be merciful. The same weaknesses in others might be well living in me as well.

Reminded me of this bible verse to close:

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly with your God.

Micah 6:8
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No strength, no power, no king, but wise

Posted on November 30, 2025 by clay

God often surprises me with something I never thought of. Many Christians have read their Bibles many times over. And surprisingly God has always something new everytime we open up our Bibles. And tonight is just one of those moments.

I was reading from Proverbs 30, about the 4 animals that are described as small and yet they’re exceedingly wise. Here the reading:

the ants are a people not strong,
    yet they provide their food in the summer;

the rock badgers are a people not mighty,
    yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
 
the locusts have no king,
    yet all of them march in rank;

The questions that came to me were something like,”so how does it look like for the ants?” They’re not strong like lions or tigers who could hunt their preys when they’re hungry. Therefore they took long time and long plannings to get their food. They’re not in the business of fast return? They foresee to the future needs and busy spending their time preparing. These are “not strong” (whatever strength physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, etc) people. Therefore they prepared long in advance to make up for their “weakness” or “smallness”. These are wise people. They’re not strong, but they’re definitely wise. They get their food just as the strong. They survive by their wisdom. But they plan far ahead.

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The wisdom of God and the foolishness of man

Posted on September 11, 2025 by clay

This morning I listened to yet another AI talk. It sounds interesting and packed with quotations from great people of the past like Aristotle. At the heart of the talk, is this quest to define the meaning of “human”. Borrowing from my memory, the questions thrown to us along this line,”are we human because our capabilities? Or are we human because we think, therefore we are? How about babies, are they human? Are we human because of our body parts? How much can we modify our bodies and remain human?”

I know it may sounds very silly to some of you. It went on to quiz us with pictures and we were asked to vote “human” or “non human”. I wrote a comment that my toddler were able to answer that question easily. I was amused with how many people felt enlighthened by such discussion, but I left feeling sad and troubled.

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All Sufficiency of God

Posted on September 1, 2025 by clay

Today would be one of those unforgettable lessons the Lord taught me. For I was expecting my girl to perform solo in a masterclass.

There was really an annoying event leading to today, that the confirmation email stated a different date than the performance date. And there is no contact number / email to clarify. When I left a note on the website, no reply came to me. So we decided to go there yesterday anyway, and there was nobody in the place. The security person that said wanted to open the door for us didn’t even turn up. Thank God for someone who came and entered, so we could follow (bad security of the building). So we went home tired & disappointed. We cheered ourselves by saying that probably it’s good idea to check the place before the big day.

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God our Refuge

Posted on March 19, 2025 by clay

This morning I continue with my meditation on 2 Kings 6 : 8-17, focusing on the following verses: 

 So he (King of Syria) sent there horses and chariots and a great army, and they came by night and surrounded the city. ...
And the servant said, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?” He said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 
Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.” So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

What a dramatic story. It depicts the terror of the young man to find in the morning that they’re going to be attacked and it’s unavoidable. A great army with horses & chariots against ordinary people. “What shall we do under such dire situation?”

In contrast, God’s prophet was very calm and undisturbed with what’s going on. Whom you could identify yourselves more with? The fear-stricken young servant or the calm old prophet?

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