ODE TO THE ACCOUNTANT
You are the keeper of the BOOKS
My name is written in your LEDGER
In red you wrote a CHEQUE
Drawn on the love in Father’s BANK
You did not consider it too great an EXPENSE
To once for all pay my entire DEBT
To sin and death I had been SOLD
‘Tetelestai’ you wrote on my RECEIPT
It is finished—it is PAID IN FULL
The blood requisite PURCHASE PRICE
Without using a farthing in the PETTY CASH
None of my own works and hard earned INCOME
To life eternal I have been BOUGHT
Now I make daily entries in my JOURNAL
And nightly I settle my ACCOUNTS
Before I am even INVOICED
You grant me REMITTANCE
You continuously inspect my INVENTORY
And erase all errors—negligible or GROSS
Your mercy is not FOR SALE
It is freely obtained without any COST
Worthless you count my CAPITAL ACQUISITIONS
And useless you reckon my DEPOSITED FUNDS
Where none is deserved you give me CREDIT
As a pearl you hold me as your priceless ASSET
And as the apple of your eye I am APPRECIATED
You certify my growing NETT WORTH
And keep my mansion room in RESERVE
An inheritance I will never TRADE
I reflect you in all my STATEMENTS
But the world sees my commitment as a LIABILITY
And suggests wiles for INCREASED REVENUE
Wicked ways that will only lead to LOSS
Such as unscrupulous INVESTMENT SCHEMES
But your name soars my MARKET VALUE
In your eyes I will never DEPRECIATE
And by grace secure unseen PROFITS
While you set me free of burdens TAXING
I accumulate heavenly treasure and WEALTH
You issue me with everlasting EQUITY
And offer GUARANTEED DIVIDENDS
I eagerly await your imminent due RETURN
And the compiling of the closing BALANCE SHEET
When you will represent me at the final AUDIT
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(Author of Quest for Freedom)
