provisions & equity running balance

[Mark McDermott]

Hi,
I am trying to switch over to gnucash for personal finance, but am a 
little confused about one thing.  I set quite a large fraction of my 
money aside in provisions for future payments.  Thus I need to be able 
to look back at a transaction list and see how each affected my equity 
as a whole.  Do I need to make a customized report for this (probably 
over my head) or am I missing something?
Thanks for your time.
Mark