The euphoria following benevolence of The BLVD Church was abruptly interrupted by the arrival of the April MLGW bill for $326.36! This must be an error or perhaps one of two March payments hasn't posted. After reading the statement, $1,312 payments received toward the $1,312 previous balance, I had to face the reality that the Amount Due was accurate and up to date.
The consumption rate of $10.84 per day seems rather high considering a week without any usage and not much need for AC or heat this past billing cycle. The primary factor for the balance is the security deposit of $100 in addition to the $43 reconnection fee. $141 in current charges plus $42 toward deferred billing totaling to $326. This is what I meant about the “cumulative effect of lack”.
Those not having “enough” end up acquiring even more costs in the long run. For each time you missed one step, you get put back two steps. Now you have three steps to catch up. If you don’t catch up the three steps in time, be ready for two more steps back. This explains the fundamental law of the cumulative effect of lack.
Inadequate income means incurring more costs than someone with sufficient income. It means what little income they have doesn’t get used efficiently. Additional fees incurred from the inability to pay a bill displace funds for food, clothes or other bills. The cumulative effect of lack means the poor get even poorer despite their efforts.
Zep 3:12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
Zec 11:11 And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it [was] the word of the LORD.
Mat 5:3 Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Jam 2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
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