God Winks

I believe in God's presence in our lives.  I believe God is always there.

And I have a tendency to forget this.  I go through my day, absentminded of God's interest and love.
But every so often, God calls me back and reminds me.  Sometimes it in the very, very small things.
I like to call these, "God Winks".
Some people would calls these things coincidences or weird. 
I would like to think it's a way of God saying to me, "I see you.  I'm watching."
I got the idea from reading wonderful book by SQuire Rushnell.  It's a wonderful collection of stories from people who have experienced God winking at them.

What is a God wink?
It's when you've been missing your friend and they call.
It's when the songs playing on the radio seem to match
what you're going through and sooth your soul.

Recently I lost my phone, and it taught me a lot, but it
was very frustrating.  I was mostly concerned with my
pictures and contact list (and Facebook and Intragram).

The next morning, I was able to get a little break from the boys to enjoy my morning coffee.
I sat outside on the bench swing facing the back yard, wishing I had my phone to look at and wondering where it was.  I said a little prayer to ask God to help me find it.
I had checked the whole house top to bottom.  So had sweetie!  So had the boys!
I had even offered $5 to the person who found it!
As I sat there I kept looking up towards the woods.  I had been up there earlier with the boys the previous, but I didn't think I had taken my phone back there.
It was the only place I didn't look.

Again and again I gazed up at the tree and the woods.  It was only after my entire cup of coffee spilled did I bother to walk up the hill to check.
There under a fallen log was my phone, protected and dry (it had rained all night).
The phone was undamaged and the battery was dead.
There would have been no way for me to know it was there.
I still don't remember taking it up there.

Have you ever had a God wink experience?

All around us there is tangible proof that we are dearly loved by God and that God is deeply interested in our lives (even in the little things)

Soli Deo Gloria

Barbara A. Ensley