Insurance vs. Assurance

I am sure I am not the only one has typed out a post complaining about the headaches of insurance. On Friday my Mom received a call from her OT Therapist that she no longer is allowed to come out to the house for therapy. It has been close to six months and therefore insurance no longer will cover in home therapy. I guess in six months my mom should be able to drive herself to outpatient therapy?

Not quite...

It then makes you question the role of insurance. What if you had the assurance that no matter what medical expenses you encountered it would be covered? That you didn't have to worry about finding a loophole or convincing someone you deserved the needed medical services...that it would be covered no questions asked.

Thank goodness our salvation is not like insurance but rather is assurance. That no matter what you do, or don't do, no matter what your "pre-existing" conditions are, Christ's blood is your payment into eternity. He has already paid all the cost for you and you luckily have the assurance that you are now allowed to live an abundant life beyond the grave.

I know we were at a loss and a bit discouraged on Friday when we heard the insurance news and weren't quite sure as to what the next steps were to take in this recovery process. Well the body of Christ has once again stepped up to the plate and blown me away by their humility, gentleness and patience with my family. Members of my parent's Sunday school class said they will help take my Mom to and from her house to therapy during the week. We didn't even have to really spend time worrying about this issue. We had assurance that we were taken care of despite what our insurance company was telling us.

Like a good neighbor...You're in good hands...slogans for insurance companies and yet these can also be slogans for the body of Christ I am so unworthy to be a part of. When I went home at Easter, my parent's pastor preached about how he wanted First Baptist of Covington to be a church people knew about because of the actions of the congregation.

Well I am one grateful daughter in Birmingham, AL that surely knows about this church. I have been amazed time and time again at the outreach to my parents. My parents had only been going to FBC for about 10 months before the accident happened and it was if we, as a family, had been there for our whole lives the way we have been treated. Food, phone calls, errands, more food, cards, even more food and now someone offering to take my Mom to therapy.

What a beautiful picture of the church. Paul talked about just this in Eph 4:1-6
Ephesians 4:1-6 (New International Version)

Ephesians 4
Unity in the Body of Christ
1As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to one hope when you were called— 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

I think our assurance is found in the last part of verse six-who is over all and through all and in all. God is never out of the loop, He is always in control.

I am so honored to share the same God, Lord and faith with the members of FBC and how they have reached out and loved on us and carried the Adams family's burdens. I am humbled at their gentleness and patience and motivated and inspired by the love they have shown us to continue to spread that unity among my own family of faith locally.