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Writer's pictureSarah Raad

Bookkeeping

I hold firmly to my Merciful Lord, because if I were to be justly judged for my faults I would be eternally damned, but I hold firm in the power of the Saviour, who comes to me with mercy – even though I do not justly deserve it!

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I am an accountant by education and a bookkeeper by trade.


People often think that accounting and bookkeeping are the same thing, but they are really very very different.


You see, while an accountant looks at the big picture and makes big plans, the bookkeeper is responsible for the teeny tiny details.


While and accountant can consider things from a principle of “materiality”, which is just another way of saying that the accountant does not worry about very small things, the bookkeeper must reconcile things to the last cent. You see, it is the bookkeeper who pays the bills and processes the payroll. It is the bookkeeper who recognises that the invoices have been paid and the invoices that have not been paid. And as you might imagine, if an invoice is underpaid by thirty dollars it makes a big difference to both the person paying it and the one receiving the money. And so, bookkeeping worries about all the little things.


And I have been reflecting on that today, because bookkeeping is a really unforgiving occupation, where a bookkeeper can process a million transactions correctly, but it a client finds one error in their work – out of a million – the client will be very unhappy with their work. And I have been reflecting on this as I have been reflecting on my sinful nature.

You see, Christ told Saint Faustina that a soul could petition Him as the Merciful Saviour; but if they did not petition Christ as the Merciful Saviour, then God would judge that soul as the Just Judge. Saint Faustina once had a vision of God looking at a soul with the eyes of justice, and the vision of that scene caused that Saint to tremble in fear.


And I have been reflecting on that vision today, because it occurs to me that Saint Faustina was not afraid of God in His justice – she was afraid of what she (and that soul) would merit having been judged with perfect justice…


You see, justice is like bookkeeping – it accounts for every single cent. And if we are judged with perfect justice, then we have no possible chance of avoiding eternal damnation – because perfect justice requires us to account for EVERYTHING. And THAT is why we are so lucky that God loved the world so much that He sent His only Son to redeem it. Because if it were not for the sacrifice of the Saviour, there would be no Merciful Saviour to petition when we are held to account.


For with prayer, I stand on Holy Ground where everything is clear. Here. At the Foot of the Cross.


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