I think what happened to you, Kristin, is what Debby Topliff is talking about.  Yes, certainly in life coincidences or synchronicity happen to everyone in ways that sometimes knock your socks off.  But if you are intentionally "keeping a channel of the brain tuned to God's station," as Debby calls it, and you turn off the other noise and confusion in your brain occasionally, then the "still small voice" of God will nudge you.  I honestly believe that God does not steer us around, puppet fashion, but when we are ready and open to listening, we will begin to realize that over and over again we have previously ignored the gentle nudging to which we now are tuned in and listening.  This is an amazing discovery that comes as we purposefully seek relationship with God.  And I do think that God's voice is almost imperceptible for the very reason that God does not cross the line that gives us freedom to live totally independent from him until we choose to come to that decision to listen.