Received an email that my Sonora Quest account had a balance. Ok, no problem. I check my health equity account and I have over $300 in it - obviously I haven't had any medical applied against it yet this year. I lose it all on December 31 so I need to use it, right? So I tried to. On this bill. I pull my card out, input all the information, and it comes back telling me my information is incorrect. Hmm. I try again. And again. And it still will not take my information. I go to Health Equity and verify my information. Yep, it's right. Ok - finally went to my Health Equity account and brought up claims - and paid it direct from the account. I often forget it is there as I don't contribute to it. I have an HRA account versus HSA - once I turned 65, they took away my HSA and made me take an HRA. The difference? I cannot contribute to the HRA, plus unlike the HSA where the money in the account rolls over year after year - on January 1, all monies are returned to the company (they are the only ones contributing to the account) and the balance is 0.00 until the first payment, usually about $17.81 is deposited into the account. I never use it all - or let's just say, I haven't. I still have over $200 in it - I may or may not lose it before the end of the year. Thankfully, I don't have that many medical issues. Which reminds me, I need to tell my boss, as she just turned 65 that she will need to use up her HSA monies because it will be going away. At least I got my Sonora Quest account paid. I hate owing money to anyone.
Yesterday was really a pretty much non-busy day. I had breakfast with my boss and took her birthday gift - and her boss's day gift - to her. I stopped on the way home and got my car washed. I got back home about 11:30 I guess. I just could not get in to work mode and only did what I had to do. I do have things I need to complete, so will need to focus on that today and make myself focus to get it done. My boss and I were joking about retirement yesterday - I really think she is thinking about retiring in June next year - but will see. I don't want to stay if she doesn't. But - I do like the money I have to play with. Play money would be gone if I quit. Tough call.
Earlier in the month I was told I needed to take minutes at this 6AM meeting this morning - but then I was told someone else was going to take them. I sent my male boss a text yesterday and also called him, to remind him he has this board meeting. He sent a text late last night that he just got back in cell service. So he got my message. I'm not calling in for the meeting; someone else is supposed to take the minutes. He asked if I would do them and I said yes, but another person said they'd help the admin who messed it up before and she could still take them. So I'm not calling in. Go ahead, lay me off, I dare you! (I know, I'm too eager, aren't I?)
I worked out last night with such a bad headache (and got no sympathy from my trainer) that when I got home I took an ibuprofen. It immediately relieved the headache, and I think it has taken a lot of the aches and pain out of my body tis morning. But it also causes me to sleep deeply and then struggle to wake up. I'm doing better right now, but when I woke this morning, I only got up cause I heard hubby stirring. I have another gym training tonight - we did legs last night so biceps and triceps tonight. I feel like I've lost a lot of strength in my arms as she has focused on my legs one night a week and different other parts of the body (chest/shoulders/back, etc.) the rest of the time. Oh, and let's not forget core! My fat keeps getting in the way of doing core exercises. Sigh.
Psalm 51:11 Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
Did you know that in Psalm 51 the Spirit of God is called Holy for the first time? From the very beginning, the third person of the Trinity was called 'Spirit of God' (Genesis 1:2). He was never revealed as the Holy Spirit until David sinned and committed adultery with Bathsheba. Gripped with fear of his sin being found out because she was pregnant, he launched a big coverup campaign and the Spirit of God lifted off his life. He was accustomed to having songs of the Spirit flow from within because of his close walk with God. But when he sinned, the flow stopped. His prayer life became trite and unfulfilling. He knew something was terribly wrong. Then the prophet Nathan comes along and pointedly told David of his sin. When David repented, he acknowledged he has missed the present of God's Spirit which had become so precious and so fulfilling for him. Yearning for a return to the former intimacy with God, David pled, "Do not cast me away from Your presence, and do not take Your Holy Spirit from me" (Psalm 51:11). This was the desperate cry of a man who learned from personal experience that the Spirit of God, above all else, is holy. He dwells only with those whose hearts are directed toward holiness. Holy men live in the presence of the Holy Spirit. Once you've known this intimacy, you realize that nothing is worth losing it!
So where does this leave you? Have you lost the joy of being in the Presence of the Holy Spirit? Do you need to cry out "Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting". Psalm 139:23-24.
Sometimes we all need to do that, I think. Some of us on a daily basis! Why not pause and let the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit, search your heart and mind, and give Him permission to lead you. You will never regret it.
Blessings!
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