Balancing the Checkbook

Today, my wife is trying to balance the checkbook. Somehow she can’t make all the debits and credits match up to the value the bank says is in our account. “How can we have that much money when all my ledger shows is that we are in the red?” she asks.

You know, the bank promised to keep an accurate record of our account. I’m pretty sure that what they say we have (minus any outstanding checks) is true. My wife begins to worry about how we’re going to “make it” and what she’s going to have to change in able to “get by”. I trust the bank because I understand that they have a really strong motivation for keeping good records.

God keeps pretty accurate records, too. I’m never able to figure out how I could possibly have the value that He says I do. All the debits and credits in my life seem to never match up. If the two disagree, who should I believe? Me? I’m no good at keeping track of everything or properly balancing the ledger (if that is possible). But I trust Him because He too has a very strong motivation for keeping good records. He says that I am worth(y of) the love He has for me. I have to trust that! My only other option is to believe my record keeping which continually points out how short I’m falling.