Thursday, May 31, 2012

Coincidence: When God Wants to Remain Anonymous

It's rather strange. Dare I still believe in signs? But I remember this place well: wanting something, unsure if it's completely okay to want it, not really daring to ask Dad too directly in case he's not thrilled about it, but praying anyway and taking steps toward the goal. And my experience has always been that sooner or later Dad meets me where I'm at, not where I think I ought to be. He's really good that way...
A and I have prayed several times lately along the lines of "Well Dad, you know what we're aiming for; you still have the veto and your interference is welcome, but if we don't hear from you pretty conclusively, this is where we're headed."
Looking toward moving to England, to be settled before A's parents really need us, finding an affordable place not so far away that it's difficult to get to them, but not so close that we're in each others' hair, we had in recent days focused on a quite old town called Shaftesbury. I'd never heard of it, but evidently it's famous through the UK because of a bread advertisement. Anyway it is a very appealing town, with all the amenities a city girl would need (Waitrose's-- and they deliver! a Costa Coffee, shops, etc.), yet small enough to get around in without a car (which expense we could do without).
A drove off with the 4 other members of the band today for Dresden, and a letter arrived in the mailbox addressed to him from G, his father; this is a rare occurrence as Mum is the one who usually writes.
When I texted A that he had mail, he was a little concerned that it might be "bad news" (remember, they are elderly) and asked me to open and read it. So I did, and could assure him it was simply a nice, newsy letter.
What made my eyeballs almost fall out, however, was that in some of the very first lines G writes:
"On a whim I recently decided to visit, during the heat of the day, the little town of Shaftesbury some 20 miles away." !!! He says nothing more about it but it took my breath away. On a whim? How many small towns are there within a 50-mile radius that G could have decided to spontaneously visit, and it is the very one A and I are looking toward moving to?
What, I ask you, are the odds of that?!

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