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Finish this shift, get to the next job, study for midterms, practice the sheet music for church, tuck Matt into bed\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n

I walked from house to house, delivering mail and tallying the long list of things I needed to get done that day. There was no way I could do it all.<\/p>\n

I was an undergrad at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, working two jobs to support myself; my wife, Angie; and our young son. One in the evening, doing retail inventory. The other, working part-time as a substitute postman. With midterms looming, things were piling up. I felt stretched thin. Even my church commitment was complicated these days. Our worship team was pushing the congregation to embrace some contemporary hymns<\/a> I\u2019d learned on the piano, but folks were reluctant.<\/p>\n

I slipped a stack of letters into a mailbox and continued on my route. I had hoped my shift would give me time to sort things out as I walked, but all I could do was worry.<\/p>\n

As I walked up the path to the next house, I heard something familiar. Music spilled from the house\u2019s open windows and screen door. As I got closer, I realized it was the same new hymn we had been teaching at my church. I lifted the lid on the mailbox and peeked in through the screen door. A group of young people sat together, singing in harmony. An older man and woman led them, the man playing along with a guitar. It must have been a mission house for the local college.<\/p>\n

I lingered on the porch for a second. The music washed over me. Their voices lifted my spirit higher and higher until I was singing along with them. I figured they were too engrossed in their praise to notice. As I sang, the stress I\u2019d been carrying subsided<\/a> for the first time in months. I felt calm and reassured. It was so perfectly timed, as if this moment had been set up just for me. The song ended in a final, resounding chord.<\/p>\n

I quietly left the porch and continued on my route, still humming. My worries would return soon enough, I knew, but in that moment I was free.<\/p>\n

The years passed, and with hard work and study, I completed college. After graduation, I continued working for the post o\ufb03ce and eventually moved into management. A transfer relocated my family and me to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. But with that came a whole new set of worries.<\/p>\n

The cost of living in Pennsylvania was higher than what we\u2019d been used to. We were in temporary housing until we found something permanent, but our searches had proved fruitless so far. And we still needed to \ufb01nd a suitable high school for Matt. He\u2019d taken after me with his love of music and become an accomplished saxophonist. Unfortunately, the school system where our temporary housing was located had a terrible music program. Matt was getting discouraged and thinking about quitting.<\/a><\/p>\n

Once again, I felt weighed down by worries. Had we made the right decision moving to Pennsylvania? Would this place ever feel like home? I hoped that \ufb01nding a new church would o\ufb00er some stability. But that was proving di\ufb03cult too. After visiting nearly a dozen, we still hadn\u2019t found one that felt right.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s just try one more,\u201d Angie said, looking at our list.<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay,\u201d I said, feeling discouraged.<\/p>\n

The pastor and his wife showed us around after we attended a few services. The church was nice enough, but I still wasn\u2019t certain.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow about lunch?\u201d the pastor o\ufb00ered. \u201cWe can get to know each other better.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

As we ate, the pastor got on the subject of moments when God shows up in our lives. It felt like ages since I\u2019d experienced something like that. Then I remembered that day on the porch in Birmingham, all those years before.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had one of those moments once,\u201d I told the pastor. \u201cA long time ago.\u201d I told him about working as a mailman in Birmingham and how I\u2019d stood on the front porch of a mission house. How the worshippers had sung a favorite hymn<\/a> of mine, and how singing with them helped me during that di\ufb03cult time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just a small thing, but it was a perfectly timed blessing,\u201d I said. Actually, I could use another one of those now,<\/em> I thought.<\/p>\n

I stopped, confused by the look on the pastor\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I used to work at a mission house in Southside Birmingham,\u201d he said, \u201cand I still remember the day, 11 years ago, when I heard the postman sing with us from the porch.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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