She prayed and asked God whether she should go back to the funeral parlor and she asked whether she should go ahead and make the supper for the kids. The prayerful coin tosses before the Lord revealed a Yes to both. So she busied herself making the supper before heading back to the funeral home.

Meanwhile, I had taken Kristina to the Library and suddenly I felt I wanted to head home and go with Eva back to the funeral parlor. As I was driving home, I called her. She was already on the way, but agreed to meet me in a small crossroads between where she was and where I was. I passed the street that led to our RV and drove a few miles, then parked my car at our prearranged spot near an intersection. Kristina and I got out of my car and into hers, then we continued driving back to the city. However, right when we got to Corydon, just before we would have gotten onto the freeway, her son called our cell phone to ask if dinner was ready. She had thought that they weren't going to be ready for dinner until much later (hence the dinner she was preparing at home). It turns out they had a short break before they had to return to their tailoring task. It was determined, they did not have enough time to come the ten miles all the way out to our RV, but could only eat dinner out, in town, right then.

We changed our plans and had a wonderful dinner with her son and his betrothed.

Nature of God: Eva was concerned with how God had worked out His plan for the evening. God had asked her, through the prayerful coin toss, to prepare dinner then go back to the funeral. I saw the whole thing differently. I saw God working through the “interruptions” organizing the evening through rather than with our plans. Eva, meanwhile, in being willing to do God's will was able to follow His guidance as she attempted to do what she had planned. God orchestrated the evening perfectly. Time was bought in the preparation of the dinner (which, by the way, turned out perfectly as it continued to cook and we ate it the next day. The pre-cooked meal came in handy after the funeral). God had Kristina and I join up with Eva, which cost a little more time, since she had to turn around and meet us. This put us in a perfect position to be EXACTLY in the right place (just before we would be getting onto the freeway to the city) and at the right time to receive the call from Eva's son, where we would detour into God's REAL plan and have dinner with him in town during their short break. In other words, as we headed toward the goals He, Himself, had approved, He knew all along that His other plans would take precedence, but everything would align into the perfect timing required.

His ways are not our ways and when we ask questions and get setup for what we think He wants us to do, we need to keep in mind that He may be using our willingness to follow His plans for His purposes in which He says Yes to something in order for us to be at a certain place, at a certain time so He can interrupt it with His REAL plan. Isn't this fascinating? God is not lying to us when He says Yes, we are to do one thing—but, in actuality, He is setting us up to do something else. He is using His incredible creativity, our willingness to hear Him, and His all-knowing capabilities to fulfill His perfect plan for our day.

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