Health Insurance & Trusting God, pt.2

You might be wondering how these pictures fit in with the title of my blog today. Let me try to explain...

I was watching Abigail play today... and she doesn't have a care in the world! (well, maybe she cares about drinking her 'milkies' and having 'white bear' in bed with her). But overall, she is clueless about the problems in this world. All she knows is that when she asks (politely) for food or drink or a toy, her parents provide. These pictures, I think, capture the delights of youth. Having a ball with spring flowers in our front yard. (these were taken at the end of May)

How I wish I could be like her! Now that I am older, I get so bogged down with the 'cares of this world'. Currently, we now need to decide which health plan to pick. We tried appealing our case, as instructed by the customer service rep, only to have it denied. The issue is that the insurance through Mike's work doesn't meet the standards that MA has declared, but we make too much to get the insurance through MA. So we may have to pick a private insurance or go with ours anyways and get more insurance later. So confusing.

But I do need to say that Mike has been wonderful in leading with this whole issue. He took over the responsibility to call and figure out all the options. Now it is back on my plate to go over the options and "pick" the best one. Yikes! I really need God's grace today.

So I will leave you with the smiling, happy, carefree pictures of Abigail and the lyrics to my favorite song from the new CD "Come Weary Saints" by Sovereign Grace Music:

Every Day

In your grace you know where I walk
You know when I fall
You know all my ways
In your love I know You allow
What I cannot grasp
To bring you praise

Chorus:
Thank you for the trials
For the fire, for the pain
Thank you for the strength
Knowing you have ordained
Every day

Your great power is shown when I'm weak
You help me to see
Your love in this place
Perfect peace is filling my mind
And drawing my heart
To praise you again

In my uncertainty, Your Word is all I need
To know You're with me every day

Ten Thousand Faults

" He who grows in grace remembers that he is but dust, and he therefore does not expect his fellow Christians to be anything more. He overlooks ten thousand of their faults, because he knows his God overlooks twenty thousand in his own case. He does not expect perfection in the creature, and, therefore, he is not disappointed when he does not find it" Charles Spurgeon

I read this quote in Ch. 2 of Feminine Appeal by Carolyn Mahaney. The Chapter is about the delight of loving my husband. For some reason this quote really stood out to me, because I think I am a perfectionist. So I can be really hard on myself and consequently really hard and critical of Mike (and others). Thus, I desire to preach the gospel to myself, so that instead of seeing other people's faults (which I seem to see quite clearly), I can remember mine and rejoice in the grace of the gospel!

This pic. was taken at the wedding in California that Mike played in. My 2 cuties :)