This week, I sat down to pay a medical bill. It wasn’t the entire bill, but just my portion.
It came to about $5,300.
That’s the co-pay for my wife’s new prosthetic legs. And that’s after insurance did what insurance does, which is a separate conversation best handled with prayer, patience, and possibly a therapist (who also requires a deductible and co-pay).
On top of that, I’ve had a few medical issues myself lately. A biopsy this week, an MRI last month. More bills trickling in. You don’t even wait for the mail any more. They find you online now.
If what we believe is true, then suffering is not meaningless or random, and it is not final.
So I did what I have done for 40 years of
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