Oh the Lord works in Mysterious Ways

I was actually going to blog about something all together different this afternoon. Revgals posted the Friday Five about reflecting on our Lenten journeys thus far; since this Lenten season has been quite different from all the rest, I was feeling inspired to write something deep and profound about the windy road through the desert. I was feeling the urge to write something incredibly inspiring to those whose hearts are heavy and troubled this Friday afternoon, but...

instead, I leave you with this.

Sunday evenings in our house were spent as a family, gathered in the livingroom (in the winter, we got a fire in the REAL fireplace, with REAL logs) around our little television. At 7:00pm, dinner would already be settling in our tummy's and we'd come together to finish off our day of rest by watching Touched by an Angel. After the show was no longer airing new episodes, we still gathered faithfully to watch rerun after rerun.

I remember one episode in particular entitled, "The Lord Works in Mysterious Ways" and it was the story of a small town and how the Lord showed up and spread His love, mercy and grace without being obvious to the townfolk. I think I remember it so well because Della Reese, the infamous "Tess" sang this gorgeous gospel song about how the Lord works in mysterious ways.

Today, that is simply what my heart (not even my lips... they are still in shock) is left uttering.

I received a facebook message from the longtime girlfriend of a semi-brother with a link and the note... "You NEEEEEEEEED TO SEE THIS!" Skeptical that the link was going to take me somewhere wonderful, I ignored it until this afternoon when she sent another message saying, "SOOOO... did you watch it?"

Here is the link - it's actually quite incredible. I'm sure if you are regular Oprah watcher, you've probably already seen this - but who cares?! It's something that everyone should probably watch more than once.

It look less than three minutes of my afternoon... but it has given me a lot to chew on, sit with, and possibly (JUUUUUST possibly) pray about. I don't know if I should take this as a sign, or simply chalk it up to random chance... but either way, if you listen really carefully tonight, you'll hear the whispers of heart in the wind singing with gusto, "The Lord sure does work in mysterious ways..."

May this Friday bring you a sense of peace as we, together, wait for the most glorious mystery of all time.