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WHEN YOU NEED A GODWINK
Here's what happened to save my day....
HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS…WITH GODWINKS
But, there WAS something my Mama could do. And soon I was getting better."
MY DAD'S LAST CALL
Then my DAMAGED CELLPHONE wiped out every one of Dad’s saved VOICE messages …leaving me with MORE HEART ACHE!
Yet, little did I know… God was making a way… to hear my father’s VOICE one more time…
WOW... WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
As the FAMILY GENEALOGIST, researching ancestors from Canada, I bought a book online hoping it would help my explorations.
When I saw the inscription inside the book, my jaw dropped, realizing...
WHEN THE STRANGER ISN'T SO STRANGE
But on this particular morning I encountered a man ... an elderly gentleman who said something so amazing... I wondered if he knew my dad...
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS BOY... ABOUT PRAYER?
It broke her heart. And so, she and her son prayed.
You KNOW there's got to be a happy ending.... the question is... how did God Wink...and answer that prayer?
OUR FAVORITE VETERAN'S DAY GODWINK STORY
You'll never guess what happened.
GODWINKS ARE LIKE LOVE LETTERS
At 15 my first love...whenever I was sad...would play his favorite SONG for me on the PIANO, over the phone,
The last time he played the song was our last day together on earth.
Years later I had another love... and you won't believe what happened!
WHEN a GOD-WAKE is a GODWINK
As I gently rubbed his chest …he gasped for air…
THE POWER OF SIMPLY ASKING
DAD loved hummingbirds.
When he passed I asked God to send me a sign.
He sent me a Godwink... just like that!
A MOTHER’S INEXPLICABLE NUDGE
Something INSIDE said, ‘Go with him’!
OUR EYES held each other .... before he turned to get into his friend’s pickup ..."
DO YOU HAVE HIM ON SPEED DIAL?
The restaurant said it was not there. So ... we did the ONLY THING we could...WE PRAYED.
The PHONE RANG almost immediately...
SWEET MUG SHOT
Through the WONDER of divine alignment ...
and MANY MILES in between...
my granddaughter and I now have a MEMORY-MUG …
linking our LOVE for each other and to memories of the PAST...
LISTEN FOR HIS VOICELESS NUDGES
she recognized the LONE CAR of a FRIEND.
On the drive back, 45 minutes later, the car was STILL THERE.
Something NUDGED her!
SOMETHING’S WRONG….
DESIRES OF YOUR HEART... BEGIN IN CHILDHOOD
Years later, Rod happened to attend our church.
His sister said quietly, ‘Rod is for you.’
WHEN GODWINKS HAPPEN to YOU...
The recording artist was excited ... celebrating her birthday at the famous steak house.
When the waiter brought her dessert... HE broke into SONG... and so did SHE.
But that wasn't the Godwink surprise ... it was better...
CAN YOU FIND CALM IN THE CHAOS?
THE POWER OF A NUDGE
MOM’S class RING was LOST 62 years ago on the school football field.
Many people searched but it was never found.
Today, Mom saw a GUY searching the field with a Metal Detector.
She had a NUDGE to stop and simply ask ...
SEEMS ANGELIC ... DON'T YOU THINK?
A STRANGER walks into your life … knows your name … and gives you a spiritual lift.
And it feels angelic...
DENZEL’S ADVICE FOR SCHOOL KIDS ... AND US
Famed actor Denzel Washington's counsel to YOUNG PEOPLE is particularly appropriate for EACH of US as we START a new SEASON... don't you think?
"I pray that when you put your slippers under your bed tonight..."
IT'S STILL A PENNY ... DIRTY OR NOT!
My dad used to say, ‘A penny is still a penny no matter how dirty it looks.’
As I was feeling SAD for my loss... I noticed a GLINT on the ground. I said, ‘Thanks Dad’!
But... the story gets better...
SECRETLY PRAY FOR SOMEONE ... SEE WHAT HAPPENS!
The pastor told a story about a church where people selected someone to SECRETLY PRAY for.
What a wonderful idea, I thought, as my eyes fell upon a cute elderly couple ... Belle and Bruce Reynolds.
That gave ME an idea... and I did it.
But the following Sunday there was a big surprise awaiting me...
HAVE YOU DOUBTED YOUR FAITH?
"I felt guilty... I didn't feel SURE I was heading in the right direction.
Just as I asked my dad ... a voice spoke from the TV with the answer to my question..."
SOMEONE'S TALKING TO YOU
My HUSBAND'S JOB was about to be ELIMINATED. I was extremely nervous.
I began PRAYING. I am not sure I was even aware I was praying.
Suddenly I heard an ANSWER. It said...
JUST WHEN YOU THINK HE'S NOT LISTENING .... HE WINKS!
When I MISCARRIED ...I argued with God and CRIED that I wanted my baby back!
He answered me. In an amazing way...
GODWINKS vs COINCIDENCE
In the beginning, it seemed to me that "Godwinks" was merely another term for "Coincidence".
I was wrong...
WHAT DOES F.R.O.G. MEAN? ... Fully Rely On God
At the HOSPITAL I saw more... on a lamp and in a picture on the wall.
Then a sweet nurse clued me in... and that changed everything...
THE GODWINK PRINCIPLE IN THIS PICTURE
Had you arrived 3 minutes sooner you WOULD have MISSED the girl or guy you married… or the connector to the JOB that ignited your entire career!
HIDING in this picture is an important principle of the Godwink Thesis ... HOW we are DIVINELY ALIGNED to be at the RIGHT PLACE at the RIGHT TIME...
NO ... I WON'T LET IT GO!
My husband’s high school friend ... like the obnoxious ‘BIFF’ from ‘Back To The Future’ … behaved so inappropriately ... I swore I'd NEVER FORGIVE him!
But, it seems that God... 19 years later... had a different plan...
WHEN THINGS ARE IMPOSSIBLE
Then it HAPPENED!
GODWINK PRIMER - A PENNY's WORTH
For his flippant and priceless reply... please click below...
THE DISAPPEARING WOMAN
My bag was TOO BIG for carry on and they NEEDED $100 ... which I didn't have... for me to take it on board.
I began to CRY! My son's ashes were in that suitcase... I couldn't be separated from it.
The woman was a blessing... but where did she go?
KINDNESS CULTIVATES GODWINKS
Our friend refused payment for her consultation... so we sent her an Olive Garden Gift Card.
It turns out, that card was the ticket for a wonderful Godwink of kindness...
HOW COME WE NEVER SAW THIS GODWINK BEFORE?
I was on the porch where he LOVED playing the GUITAR we bought for his 16th birthday.
Then I saw the Godwink... how come we never saw it before?
TWO 7 YEAR OLDS - IDENTICALLY SAVED - BY TWO GUARDIAN ANGELS
I pulled my hand back and WENT UNDER!
No one else was in the pool... I struggled... then felt A HAND PUSHED me to the edge...
WHEN SOMEONE UP THERE SAYS ... ACT NOW!
I suddenly got a FEELING … I quickly called the boys to COME BACK.
They tarried.
I URGENTLY yelled RIGHT NOW! I was never more grateful that they did...
ON YOUR TRIP... MAKE ROOM FOR A PASSENGER
We had no idea we'd encounter a TROUBLING situation like that... but He had us covered.
HOW the DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE CONNECTS with GODWINKS
I invite you to WATCH.
SQuire
WHEN GOD KNOWS YOUR NAME
Not only that, there was a surprise from the person who had gifted the book.
GODWINK BRIDGES ACROSS TIME
When she left me for her new home in heaven I was bereft. I went down to our favorite spot on the beach.
There... praying about her... I had a touching Godwink..
GODWINKS on LOSS (With a Punch Line)
But the search for her LOST PASSWORD...
unlocked the answer to his question...in an amazing way!
BIRDS (& BALLOONS) of a FEATHER
At the cemetery, she released a BALLOON shaped like a WHITE DOVE into the SKIES.
What happened next gave her a shock of joy...
GODWINKS for FATHER, MOTHER, SON
My MOM passed away the night before ... Rick Springfield sang his song about the LOSS of his DAD... and the woman next to me was still grieving the loss of her SON.
I told her what my Mom would have said about that...
THE AMAZING GIFT... A GODWINK
Amid tears, she leaned down to whisper in his ear ... asking him to send a SIGN from heaven ... a BLUE BUTTERFLY.
Within days ... how do you suppose God honored her wish?
HOW TO QUIET a CRYING BABY
As I passed her in the aisle... I felt a QUICKENING in my spirit to ...
SAVED BY ANGELIC BIKERS?
My mountain bike hit a rock and I began to slip over the side of the precipice!
No cell service... just prayer... and then, out of nowhere...
GODWINKS of NATURE
I PRAYED for God to give me a connection to him through a butterfly.
In moments a beautiful MONARCH butterfly ...
GODWINK CONNECTIONS DIVINELY ARRANGED
He undoubtedly was thinking of the helicopter pilot who, under fire, lifted him from a battlefield...
But, years later, imagine discovering that same heroic pilot was flying Todd's plane to Portland!
FIFTY DOLLAR GODWINKS X 3
Each one SAID the same thing...