God Winks

My sister, Author of  God winks and God links , introduced me to this book, "When God Winks at You" by Squire Rushnell. Its about true stories of how God communicates with us. What most people would call a coincidence, he calls a Godwink. It has since became a focus in my life.

This past Monday there was a tragic accident near my hometown. A young couple and their infant child were killed as a concrete slab fell from the overpass bridge, and crushed their truck. They just so happen to be Youth Pastors at my home churches sister church. I had never met them but we had some mutual friends. It gets you thinking, ya know, you hear these terrible things happening in the world and all you want to do is hibernate for life. It makes you never want to leave your house. But you can't live in fear that God is going to take you home while you are out living and enjoying life. 

I found myself thinking; what if.. they were driving faster or slower, or hadn't ran the yellow light, or had gotten stuck in traffic. My friend quickly brought me back to reality "But when its your time, its your time". Its true, he knows when our time is coming and he knows the story behind it.

After our conversation I flipped in Rushnell's book, page 149 gave me goosebumps.

"Isn't It Amazing?

If you totaled up the number of times

you were just about to step off a curb

but were distracted by something,

when you found yourself almost striding

in front of a fast-moving car,

when a small voice deep within - just in

the nick of time - stopped you from taking that step,

I suspect you'd be amazed.

Sometimes called instinct,
I call it the small still voice of God."

-Squire Rushnell

We attribute this moments as close calls, but its actually a Godwink. And God is using our day-to-day lives to talk to us. He's reminding us to slow down, he's reminding us to seek him, he's reminding us to always be grateful, he's reminding us not to take life for granted, and he's ultimately reminding us that he is in charge.

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As I look back on my almost 25 years of life I think of times when God was winking at me and I maybe didn't know it. I can remember some times now, those sometimes subtle messages of his Grace. I'm not sure what God's overall plan is for my life, but I know that he's in control. I do believe that God has been sending me winks for a while now, and I've been ignoring them. But it's so amazing how when you change some things around how much clearer his voice becomes. In the next couple of weeks I'll be following up with a few things and following what God is telling me to do and where he is leading me.

So next time you think your circumstance is chalked up to luck, fate, coincidence, or karma ... remind yourself that it is in fact none of those things, but it's a Godwink instead. There is a reason we meet the people that we meet, or go the places we go ... it is all part of God's plan. I encourage you to let God's plan unfold in your life. Embrace his winks ;) 

"Faith is the substance of things Hoped for,

the evidence of things not seen."

-Hebrews 11:1

Thankful for the Godwink that brought the three of us together