About four months ago, I took my five-year-old keyboard to an electronic repair shop for an estimate. I’d been told by Marks Music that it might cost more to fix than it was worth, and this repair shop was the only place who fixed them. The repair shop said they’d call me with the estimate, but they never called. Every time I called them or went in to the shop, I was given the, “I’m going to get to that this week,” or “I’m trying to find out if the parts are still available,” or some similar story.

On my birthday, I complained about the situation to our son, only expecting sympathy. Robb listened and then said, “I’ll go pick it up for you.”

I’m sure I looked puzzled as I answered,“Okay, but what will I do then?”

“I’ll either fix it or we’ll find someone who can.”

Robb is good at fixing computers, but as far as I knew, he’d never attempted to fix a musical instrument. Although my default setting would have been to question him or object, he seemed so confident that he could do it that I gave him the “stub” that would allow him to pick up my keyboard. I sensed the Holy Spirit prompting me to trust him.

As good as his word, Robb texted me the next day to tell me he’d picked up the keyboard. There was little the man could say since I’d been waiting for almost three months. I was thankful Robb had stepped in so I wouldn’t have to deal with that part of the situation. A few days later I showed our son what the problem was since the keyboard worked fine except in the Accompaniment Mode—the mode in which I always played.

 Robb got online and found a manual (a lot of pages were missing from the one I gave him) and contacted Casio to ask questions. They responded with questions for him which he passed along to me. I had no idea at first what they were talking about but when Robb directed me to the correct pages in the online manual, one phrase jumped out: Full Range Keyboard. The wheels in my brain began to turn. I called Robb. “I think the problem is that I’ve forgotten a step in setting up the keyboard to play it in the Accompaniment mode I’m used to—Full Range Keyboard. I can’t remember quite how to do it, but I think I can figure it out.”

Robb responded, “I know exactly how to do it. I saw it in the manual.”

He still had the keyboard at his house so a few days later when we went to pick up Sarah, Robb read me the steps to get the keyboard into Full Range Keyboard Accompaniment mode. When I experimented, everything worked perfectly. Without his help, I probably would have ended up buying a new keyboard because no one else had taken the time to help me figure out what the real problem was.

A few days before my birthday, I’d been thinking about growing older and about the possibility that the time might come when I wouldn’t have Donn to depend on. What would I do? The thought of having to do life without my husband created fear.

 Although I didn’t express this fear to anyone, not even God, the Lord knew my thoughts. I believe He orchestrated this situation at just the right time to show me I have a son on whom I can depend, a son who stepped in and helped me without even being asked. I’m in awe of a Heavenly Father who knows how to calm my fears when I’ve barely recognized them myself. And very thankful for a son who proved himself trustworthy in a way I could never have imagined.

“So don’t be anxious about tomorrow. God will take care of your tomorrow too. Live one day at a time”

(Matthew 6:34 TLB).