God Works In Mysterious Ways

We were in Standardsville, VA today. Over lunch the promoter's son, Jordan, casually mentioned that our group's Facebook page had Standardsville, PA listed for today's event instead of VA. You see, every Monday I post our upcoming tour dates for the upcoming and next weekend on our page. Eager to correct the error I had made earlier in the week, I instantly went into my Facebook app to post a correction status:

"In Standardsville, VA today, 7PM, at William Monroe High School. Come see us!"

For the past few weeks anytime I've tried to post from my phone, it's shown up as though Shannon Easter posted on the Jeff & Sheri Easter band page wall instead of showing up like Jeff & Sheri Easter posted a status update, the way it should always appear when I do this. Explaining this to Madison while attempting to post, I discovered that today it posted as it should have without any problems.

Shortly before the concert began, a previous employee and family friend showed up with her mom. They began telling us that just yesterday they had buried her husband and Kimberly's father, and had gotten home at 3 am. When we posted our status update, Kimberly saw it while browsing Facebook and quickly asked her mom if she had time to get ready. This was at 3pm and the concert, an hour and a half away, was to start at 7.

With Kimberly and her family on their minds, during the second half of the concert, Jeff and Sheri asked me to sing Hold Me While I Cry. After it ended, the promoter began explaining that the song that was just sung was one that had gotten him through the darkest days of his life.

I can't believe that any of this day's progression of events was coincidental. I'm so amazed at the thought that God uses us and directs our paths in even the most unnoticeable ways. Isaiah 55:9, my favorite scripture, says "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts". God works in ways that we can't even fathom. He directs our paths even when we don't know to be listening to take care of others that need it. The most comforting of that fact is that the reverse is also true. If he can use us to help someone that needs it even when we may not know it, he can use others to help us in our time of need even when they don't know it. Isn't that a beautiful thought?



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Location: Standardsville, VA