I just have to testify to God's grace and goodness today.
This is a story of what God did for "this girl" that just blesses me to my very bones.
I went to the mail today, Feb. 4...usually the chore that raises my blood pressure the highest...it's just never good news these days you know what I'm sayin.
So today...I went...and guess what guess what....I have AGAIN filled out REAMS of paperwork for St. Charles Hospital to get my bills with having Maezie reduced...I did that with Charlie's hand injury 2 years ago, and they reduced it by 25%...a huge help. That was a couple thousand dollars straight off the portion of the bill that I owed after insurance.
Yippee!!!
So, I filled out this paperwork, and sent it in...and a gal from their finance office called a few days later and said they only had part of the packet. WAIT. WHAT??? The lady looked high and low and said she only had parts of things, that something happened when they scanned it in, and they were missing most of it...ugh...I went to my room and hid under my covers...LITERALLY...I could not face more paperwork to PROVE how financially wrecked we are, it is degrading, and sickening and frustrating and THE whole time, I feel like vomiting. It just has a way of making me feel like a big fat loser, and you can tell me all day long, that many people are struggling and it's just nice that I can apply for financial help and all that junk, but it still just FEELS rotten.
I prayed under those covers for them to find the paperwork or for me to have the energy to do it all AGAIN!!
So, I crawled out from under the covers and began gathering the information I needed to once again take copies and send...I was headed to town to copy it and I got a call on my cell, and the lady from the finance office found it ALL. She said she had everything she needed and she was sorry.
OH PRAISE GOD.
A few days after that phone call....I got one more thing in the mail from them questioning the fluctuation in our income, I explained we were self employed, and it was always different, but it is all reflected in the TAXES that I sent them in the big hefty packet.
TODAY, YES TODAY...I went to the mailbox and got a letter from the hospital that states, they cancelled all our debt with them, ALL OF IT....ALL OF IT...EVEN THE BILLS FROM CHARLIE'S HAND SURGERY, and REECE'S 2 HOSPITAL BILLS FROM WHEN HE HAD PNEUMONIA A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND ME AND MAEZIE'S BILL FROM WHEN I HAD HER!!! OVER 8,000 DOLLARS WORTH..CANCELLED!!!!
You see even though we have insurance we have a very high deductible.
I had not even thought they were considering the old hospital bills.
YIPPEE YAHOO!!!
THAT IS SOOOOOO GOD!!!!!!
SO LOVING!!!!
SO COMPLETE!!!!
SO ALL THE WAY!!!
HE NEVER LEAVES A PIECE UNDONE...WHEN HE MOVES HE MAKES SURE WE KNOW WHO MOVED THAT MOUNTAIN!!!
HE FORGAVE US ALL OUR DEBT, AND IN THIS INSTANCE IT WAS A HOSPITAL DEBT!!!
I AM JUST PRAISING JESUS AND THANKFUL BEYOND WORDS.
11 comments:
Stopping by from Linny's blog. What a wonderful testament to what a loving God we have. All praises and Glory to Him for the moved mountain in your life. So encouraging.
~Kelly
Rejoicing with you! Praising Him!
So totally understand how hard it is to ask for help ... to apply for assistance. Right. There. With. You.
And, to fill out the paperwork twice? I would have been right under the covers with you. :)
Self-Employed can often = HARD in this economy. Jim hasn't worked since September.
Blessings to you and your family. It was so good to meet you all last summer.
Laurel :)
followed your link from a place called simplicity. AMAZING MIRACLE! i know how frustrating, daunting, and overwhelming medical bills can be and thank you for posting this because i needed the reminder of two bills being cancelled for my husband (he had had 8 surgeries while employed by a company that we were told had insurance as we had our insurance cards, yet come to find out they wrote bad checks and never paid for the insurance) so needless to say we had a whole HUGE stack of medical bills that were overwhelming even at the low amount each month, but after a few years i called to get them to send me my bill and the lady said she would look into it... came back on the line saying that it had been cancelled! i needed your reminder, because like the israelites, i too forget! blessings and prayers your way
I stopped over from Linny's blog. What a great story of what God's doing in your life!! That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!
YAY! What good news! Our God is AWESOME!
Sister, oh sister, you know how I am praising our jesus right along with you.....
Stopping over from Linny's blog link...What a wonderful story of God's provision above and beyond what you thought to ask for...Amazing....Thank you Lord...Thank you!
That is amazing! God is good!
This is huge! Praise God! Amazing!
Wow, Wow, Wow!!! Sharing in your excitement- Thank you Lord!
Way to make me cry Jenay. So relieved for you! God is good. I hate the paperwork.
Love you-- Jill
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