I usually buy around $10,000 worth of horse shoes and supplies(rasp,nails,etc..) a year. The company I buy them from has never sent me the wrong item. About a month and a half ago I ordered a bunch of shoes and when they arrived they were not what I ordered. They were a make of shoe that I don't use very often. Now I had enough of them to last for 3-4 years. I went back and forth on if I should send them back or just keep them in stock and use them up over the next few years. I decided to keep them.
One of the Farriers that shoe around this area died on Christmas Day this year. My phone started to ring off the hook on December 26th. He had been sick since October and these horses were now behind on their shoeing. I took a few of these barns on as new clients and started shoeing for them. The first horse I shod was wearing that make of shoe that had been sent to me. I didn't think too much about it until the next horse came out and sure enough it was wearing the same kind of shoes. By the time I got done shoeing at the first new barn and then another new farm a few days later, I had used up almost all of those shoes that had been sent to me.
All these people had been using this farrier for 27 -33 years. Needless to say they were not real thrilled with having to change and get used to a new guy. Having the same shoe in stock that this other farrier had been using on their horse made the transition a lot easier. Now I have a hard time believing that it was a coincidence that I received a shipment of shoes that I didn't order that was exactly what I needed.
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That is such a fun and inspirational story! If we take our "horse blinders" off as I say and see the world in a broad view, it's easier to see sometimes God working in our lives to our advantage instead of focusing on one particular situation that might not be "the way WE want it to be." We are delayed in traffic for a reason, etc etc.
Detours are sometimes beautiful journeys we needed to take in the long run.
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