A Cold Water Plunge

Bookkeeping and accountabilityIs very much like a cold water plunge.It brings me into immediate contactWith a cold harsh realityThat is at the same timeShocking and invigorating.Holy cow! What a reality checkTo face the unrelenting numbers.But I love it. Every expense, however minute, counted.Every dollar added up and carefully budgetedWith single minded intent toward wise investment.It turns out that I don’t make as much money as I thought!And that makes me disinclined to waste a single minute.I can’t afford to. They are too prescious.Most of my life was laissez faire.I trusted God to provide And he did.But this new thing of facing the numbersIs also precious. The God of TruthIs also in the numbers.The cold water.He is in the miracles.But he is also in the math.He is in the wandering wilderness.And he is in the rocky soil we must plowWhen we reach the promised land.