Only Live in the Thousands?
I read the paper the other morning and almost choked on my coffee. I know, I know. I should be used to it.
The US government proposes a 3.8 trillion dollar budget. That’s trillion with a “T”. It’s not a “B” or an “M”. Government throws around these numerical terms like there’s little difference between a million or a billion or a trillion (yikes) dollars.
[I promise, this is not a political blog - I don’t spend much time on secular politics – but I’m workin’ on a spiritual point here for ya – hang with me a moment longer, please, kind reader! ]
God have mercy on us. Even more, have mercy on our children and grandchildren.
It concerns me that few Americans seem to know the difference between the national debt and the deficit. The debt exists in large measure due to the deficits (over-spending the budget) annually. Our national debt is ever-growing… and depending on which figures you examine….it’s way over 10 trillion (maybe as high as 30 or 60… “with a T” when you factor in future difficulties with entitlements like Soc.Security).
It’s irreducible. I can only pray that we limit the pace & increase of the debt. God have mercy.
My point is this: I only live in the world of thousands. A million is a huge number to me. A Few Thousands of dollars is the amount my family depends upon monthly. That’s thousands with a “th”. I’m not sure politicians can count that low these days.
Now, off my soap box…
Look: God’s love is even greater than those numbers with a T.
My debt to God – that’s what I should focus on even more. And no – there’s no way – I cannot repay God. Still, I shouldn’t keep runnin’ up a tab on grace. I need to take care of the “spiritual deficit” that I run every day.
In college, my calculus teacher turned from the chalkboard & said something I’ve never forgotten: “You all have no idea how big the number 1 billion is (that’s with a “b”). If you started counting as fast as you can, from the moment of your birth… you could never count to one billion – people just don’t live that long.”
In a world of “trillions of dollars”, I for one am thankful for a God who is greater!
Thank God for Jesus Christ & forgiveness of debts in His name.