I’ll never forget the morning I left for tour- completely freaked out. I kept trying to calm my busy mind to no avail. I was just flipping out. How does one get ready for what will certainly be a life changing experience? I went down the list: guitars, suitcase and wallet. Check, check and check. But I was missing something.

I was missing the certainty that I was doing the right thing. Having a gift or talent wasn’t enough to justify leaving my family at home. Having a record deal wasn’t cutting it either. Fortunately, the blessed assurance I needed to get me through the next two months was on its way. (And honestly, I needed the assurance just to get me through the drive to Nashville.)

My dad dropped me off at Hertz to pick up my car so I could get rolling. I arrived perfectly on time in order to make bus call in seven hours. One problem. Hertz didn’t have a car for me because previous customers failed to return the keys with their cars. Thankfully, Hertz had one vehicle, a red pick-up truck with the leftovers of a bale of hay in the back. I didn’t care. At this point I just needed to get to Nashville. And now.
Only God knew what he had in store for me. Within five minutes I was crying at the steering wheel in my little red truck. I had turned on the radio and the first song to play was this:

So here I am
On the road again
There I am
Up on the stage
And here I go
Playin’ star again
There I go
Turn the page

God spoke to me through Bob Seger’s “Turn the Page.” Mysterious ways, my friend. They work. I knew that a page was turning in my life and that it was being turned by God’s hand. To top it all off the very next song that came on the radio after hitting scan was “Promise of a Lifetime” by Kutless. For those of you who don’t know, Kutless was the band I was joining for the tour. It only took God about five minutes to calm me down. Two little signs, and that was all I needed to drive on in confidence and peace.

More later,
-Chris

This entry was posted on Saturday, May 17th, 2008 at 7:30 pm and is filed under Artist Blogs. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.