Last week, I finished off a long job in San Diego and needed to ship a box of tools back to VA. I was going to do it Friday afternoon, but got delayed. Then, after having a late lunch with Ozzie and Liz, I was definitely going to do it. But then, I randomly decided we should go see the sunset first on our last day in CA. So, that got me to FedEx after 6pm.
This week comes around. This afternoon, Monday, a co-worker contacts me who just got to San Diego, wondering if I shipped the tools back. I said, yes, of course. Well, apparently he unexpectedly needs those specialty tools this week, but I figure they are on a truck headed across the US right now, so I say 'sorry'.
Then, I checked the FedEx tracking number and noticed it wasn't picked up yet in San Diego, which I thought was odd/concerning. I called the local FedEx office there and they said I missed the last Ground truck to leave on Friday and the next one would be there around 6pm Monday. Meaning...the tool box was still there in San Diego and we had 3 hours to figure it out!
The very kind FedEx workers dug through their "mountain" of Ground packages and found our toolbox. My co-worker was able to go up and get it and have everything he needs for this week!
I thought this was an amazing turn of events and wonderful how God worked that out when neither of us had a clue what was going to happen. We were both just doing our jobs, but God provided the perfect circumstance behind the scenes. If I hadn't been delayed on Friday (working hard), I would have shipped it before 6pm Friday. If I hadn't watched the sunset, I would have shipped it before 6pm Friday. If I had picked any other service other than Ground, it would have gone out. If my co-worker hadn't texted me just in time Monday afternoon to 'save' the package, it would have gone out.
Also, I was going to send the package to a different co-worker, because I knew the first co-worker would be in San Diego the following week. However, I left a little gift in the box for the first co-worker, so I put his name on the package even though he wouldn't be in the office to receive it. Amazingly, he was in San Diego to receive it instead! If I had gone with my original plan to send it to an alternate co-worker, it would have been much harder to convince FedEx to release the package to somebody whose name is not on the package.
Thank you Lord for working this one out so well!
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