It all happened so quickly. I was shopping at Winco when the phone rang.

“Kim,” said Jean, my piano student. “Do you know anyone who needs a piano? We just came from helping our pastor move to a smaller house and we have a beautiful piano on the back of our truck. We want to deliver it to someone who needs it.”

I was taken aback as Jean did not know about my new student’s prayers.

A few months ago, one of my piano students was able to buy a nearly new Young Chang upright piano they found on Craigslist. The seller originally was asking $400, but when they found out that my family was Christians he sold it to them for only $100. Another family was given a piano they found on Craigslist after they wrote an essay (a requirement by the seller) explaining why they needed a piano— one reason they cited was that their young children were currently playing the piano at their church during the worship service, and they were learning to be church musicians.

I had told these stories to a family new to my piano studio. I encouraged them to start praying that the Lord would provide them a piano and to start looking on Craigslist. They soon found a free piano, but by the time they had contacted the seller the piano was gone.

“Let me make a call,” I said. I hung up the phone and called this new family. At first my heart dropped—they did not answer the phone. I was afraid that once again they would miss out on a free piano. But a few minutes later they returned the call. As you can imagine, my new piano family’s mom was speechless. ‘Yes, we’ll take it,’ she managed to say. The husband came home early from work, and, with the help of a neighbor, they unloaded the piano into a new home.

What a blessing to see my little piano student, who I earnestly believe will someday use her gifts and skills in music to bless the church of Christ, enjoying a remarkable, unexpected Christmas gift