Medicaid. The word implies people. The word
implies money. Give, receive, need, want—somehow
there’s money involved. But is it
possible the Lord might enable someone’s enrollment with Medicaid, and the
reason would have little to do with money?
Here’s a story from my friend.
She has 5 children, her husband is self-employed, and they recently realized
they’re pregnant again. She dialed up Medicaid
to enroll for her pregnancy, but things didn’t fly too smoothly. One person said this, another person said
that, and as frustration built, she wondered how her scenario would ever solve. She asked the Lord to provide, and soon came
a call from Austin, which is big
headquarters in Texas for lots of
government offices. But she hadn’t been
talking to Austin before, so why
now? Who contacted Austin
on her behalf? It seems that God dialed
up Austin. This new lady on the phone broke through all
kinds of barriers, and the rigmarole that seemed impossible to overcome previously
was now moot. Yet of all the millions of
people enrolled in Texas Medicaid, why did my friend’s case find favor? When she has routinely been asked
in her pregnancies about a blood test for Down Syndrome, she has declined. With her Medicaid physicians, she has refused
that test that often becomes a determining factor for parents to abort their baby. My friend loves
her baby, and she’s giving birth to her baby and keeping her baby, so she sees no point in conducting that
Down Syndrome test. Perhaps that
testimony right there is why the Lord provided that unlikely phone call from Austin. The Lord loves life. Deuteronomy 30:19 tells us to choose life. God is forever bringing life to that which
appears dead, and He rejuvenates us again and again from circumstances we think will swallow us whole. I say it’s
entirely possible that the Lord could use my friend’s perspective on life to encourage people she'll meet through Medicaid. And what thrill to imagine the conversations the Lord might draw together to influence a mom or a
dad to keep their baby! So I pray for
that exact thing. Thank you, Lord, for
providing that phone call from Austin
for my sweet friend. May Your light shine
through her to attract conversation with patients and medical staff and any and all she will meet. May they experience Your
love and celebrate the births of their babies. May they know You as their Savior. Amen. Indeed we serve a powerful and gracious God who can use us anywhere on this earth for His purposes.
