A Golf Course in Miracles, by Craig

Just before flying from Mexico to Florida for a number of weeks to teach some golf, my leg swelled up like a pumpkin, as if it were a tire inflated by a bicycle pump. It got even worse with hours of constant standing and teaching in Florida.

But, after praying, a doctor figure appeared to me on the golf practice area, hitting golf balls and wearing only his blue operating theatre clothes. I remember at the time thinking it seemed quite surreal.

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Well, it’s not him exactly.

The doctor proceeded to approach me and after some casual chat and a short golf lesson, he told me he was a leg specialist and I should immediately go to the hospital for a scan. This Holy Spirit/doctor figure set an appointment for me and arranged the scan for $100 instead of $450. This was the beginning of Spirit taking care of my money fears.

After a fairly morbid diagnosis, which I declined to let affect me, coupled with Suzanne reminding me to not feel guilty about non-payment of possible bills, I was admitted to hospital. I just told them the truth: no money, no insurance, no expectations and no possibility to fly or hop back to Mexico with this condition!

There then followed three days and nights of intensive treatment, which included fifteen blood tests at $360 each, lots of food served  by a waiter in a waistcoat and a silver tray, a permanent drip in my arm and some beautiful love and attention. Total cost $15,000 plus.

When it was time to leave I certainly expected to have a visit from “Hospital Administration Suits,” and had plotted my escape route. So what happened? I literally was escorted out of the hospital by a very pleasant orderly, without ever having given them a permanent address, any proof of who this character was and, most importantly, I received no bill!

With the Holy Spirit’s guidance my negative assumptions about the American health care system dissolved and my trust increased.

Craig