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GOD HAS TECHNIQUES WAY BETTER THAN THE INTERNET

April 05, 2024SQuire Rushnell

I was stressing that I unexpectedly OWED state taxes of $94.00, which was odd because I usually get a refund.

But...God was lookin' out for me... with a Godwink!

REFLECTIONS ON GOOD FRIDAY

April 02, 2024SQuire Rushnell2 comments

Just as we were talking about the stories of the Three Crosses ...
told by the Three Pastors the night before...
we saw THREE CROSSES shining from the house next door.

How could that be?

WHO DECORATED THOSE TREES FOR EASTER?

March 29, 2024SQuire Rushnell

Isn't it amazing that just BEFORE EASTER zillions of LITTLE CROSSES show up atop many PINE TREES?

We have some thoughts on that...

PRAYER ANSWERED... IN AN INSTANT

March 27, 2024SQuire Rushnell

When I looked at the car in FRONT of me....

I knew the MESSAGE was just for ME...

You see, I had just gone through a terrible ordeal...

MAYBE YOU FIT INTO A BIGGER PICTURE

March 22, 2024SQuire Rushnell

A MAN was TRAPPED underneath his car!

As first responders worked to FREE HIM… the man’s little boy… 4 years old… watched and worried.

Can you IMAGINE the Godwink that occurred YEARS LATER?

ENCOURAGING SIGNS IN THE AIR

March 19, 2024SQuire Rushnell1 comment

An UNEXPECTED BILL ... instant WORRY...

Then... a SIGN of RELIEF that could only come from a Godwink!

GOD'S SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU!

March 15, 2024SQuire Rushnell

It was a bittersweet labor of love... clearing out the house our PARENTS built.

We felt GUILTY donating things we couldn’t keep...

But imagine our surprise to discover that, ALL ALONG, God was right there with us...

DOES GOD REALLY WINK?

March 12, 2024SQuire Rushnell1 comment

I thought I'd never had a Godwink.’

But, when I had my yearly MAMMOGRAM, I was starting to get SCARED...

...then I got what can ONLY be called... A GODWINK!

GODWINK HUGS FROM HEAVEN

March 05, 2024SQuire Rushnell

On the first anniversary of my 24 year old son's death, I was driving ... looked to the sky and saw the words "I LOVE YOU."

After telling my granddaughters what to expect next... my JAW DROPPED...

WHEN GOD PLAYS (with) THE NUMBERS

March 02, 2024SQuire Rushnell

When I asked the Doctor ‘how young’ he was, he replied, ‘DOUBLE NICKELS,’ meaning 55.

When the nurse asked my height, I said ‘5'5’.

Wait a minute... was God winking at me?

YOU MAY BE A GODWINK LINK ... TODAY

February 28, 2024SQuire Rushnell

God uses each of us as Godwink Links—unwitting messengers of a godwink to someone else.

For what purpose? Sometimes...

DO YOU & GOD HAVE A SECRET NUMBER?

February 23, 2024SQuire Rushnell1 comment

We were searching for an appropriate church.

Was this the one?

Then the first HYMM selection was #444. That really surprised me...

but the next time I saw that SAME NUMBER... I knew...

WAS GEORGE WASHINGTON BULLETPROOF?

February 20, 2024SQuire Rushnell

21 year old George Washington repeatedly RODE his horse through a STORM of BULLETS!

He had TWO HORSES shot from under him ... quickly mounted the horses of other fallen soldiers and RESUMED his duties!

But...whom did he tell there were FOUR BULLET HOLES in his coat... but none touched his skin?

HOW GODWINKS ON LOVE WORKS

February 16, 2024SQuire Rushnell

At 23 Charlie decided it was time to find his perfect mate and start a family.

He circled a date in the calendar... toward the end of summer... to not only FIND her... but to ASK his unknown future wife for her hand in MARRIAGE.

Are you wondering how he made out?

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN BEATLEMANIA BURST UPON AMERICA?

February 13, 2024SQuire Rushnell

As a teen he was infatuated watching her on the Johnny Carson TV show. She had spunk and humor!

She was telling Johnny about being with the Beatles live on their first TV show in America!

Now... 20 years later...she's sitting across from him...

MYSTERIOUS DOOR BELL - A GRANNYWINK?

February 09, 2024SQuire Rushnell2 comments

Jack was very fond of his grandmother and was devastated when she graduated to heaven before dawn at 5am.

But one year later at exactly 5am who could have been at the door?

BEATEN UP? GODWINKS TO THE RESCUE

February 06, 2024SQuire Rushnell1 comment

Vermont was cold... BILLS were PILING UP ... how could we pay the oil man for heat?

FEELING DOWN. I prayed for God to send HELP!

And He sure did!

JUST WHEN YOU NEED A LIFT ... GOD WINKS!

February 02, 2024SQuire Rushnell

I was thinking about how LONELY I feel ...

then... the LICENSE on the car in front had a message just for me...

RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME ... YOU WERE DIVINELY ALIGNED

January 30, 2024SQuire Rushnell1 comment

Five minutes sooner or later and you'd have missed that person who turned out to be the love of your life ... or the one who led you to your career.

Shouldn't you know more about Godwink Principle #4?

WHEN YOUR GRANDCHILD SAYS... "PRAY GRANNY"!

January 26, 2024SQuire Rushnell1 comment

Leaving a flea market. I couldn’t find my KEYS!

PANIC started trying to take me over!

Then my GRANDSON had the PERFECT solution...

GODWINKS CAN TURN AROUND AN AIRLINER?

January 23, 2024SQuire Rushnell

There was confusion as I exited the plane... then, at lunch with my brother, my CREDIT CARD was MISSING! It must have fallen on the floor of the plane!

At baggage claim we learned my plane had already taken off... oh no!

So... you'll NEVER GUESS how I got my credit card back!

GOD IS WEAVING YOUR TAPESTRY (While You're In It!)

January 19, 2024SQuire Rushnell

I thought how nice it would have been if Mom could have met my BOYFRIEND … she would have loved him.

On a date to the FRYEBURG FAIR in Maine, I started really MISSING Mom.

Then, I got an amazing Godwink confirmation that her spirit was with me...

IS THERE A GODWINK HERE?

January 17, 2024SQuire Rushnell1 comment

The man in the SUBWAY played 45 minutes... on a violin worth 3.5 MILLION DOLLARS.

One person recognized him...

What does this say about how YOU VALUE yourself?

HOW DOES GOD WINK LIKE THAT?

January 12, 2024SQuire Rushnell1 comment

My GRANDMA'S favorite color was PURPLE.

When she passed... my Mom cut a beautiful pink flower from Grandma's garden.

But, days later, the flower CHANGED color... it was...

MONEY FROM GODWINKS?

January 09, 2024SQuire Rushnell

Not enough money to continue my studies...

My wife said she'd pray..

I was doubtful...

I shouldn't have been. This is what happened...

MYSTERIOUS PULL of the PINK BRICK HOUSE

January 06, 2024SQuire Rushnell2 comments

They never passed that PINK BRINK HOUSE without being DRAWN to it.

Then one evening her husband suddenly said, "Let's knock on the door." She was frightened by that idea.

But... you never know what God has up His sleeve.

COMFORT - A GODWINK'S #1 JOB

January 02, 2024SQuire Rushnell

I attended a wedding … my first since DADDY passed away.

I’ve struggled to accept that Daddy will NEVER walk me down the aisle.

I made it through the ceremony. But, when the FATHER TOASTED the bride ...

GOD WINKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS

December 29, 2023SQuire Rushnell2 comments

My father was a young pastor at a small church, dependent on offerings in the plate.

On one occasion, when there was no money for milk or bread for the family, my parents earnestly PRAYED.

Soon there was a knock at the door... an amazing Godwink.

JUST AN OLD GREEN CHAIR

December 26, 2023SQuire Rushnell

Staying with a FRIEND of MOM’S, I saw some linens on an OLD GREEN CHAIR!

I was astonished!

It was one of the chairs I had in MY ROOM as a teenager...so...

JUST WHEN YOU NEED A HUG ... GOD WINKS

December 23, 2023SQuire Rushnell2 comments

The other day I was MISSING my mother.

Then, I about fell down when...

WHEN GOD WINKS ... COWS BECOME CURIOUS

December 19, 2023SQuire Rushnell2 comments

DAD loved his farm ANIMALS. He had a way with them.

When he died the funeral PROCESSION had to PASS our FARM.

As we drove along the country road everyone was astonished...

GODWINKS KNOW WHEN IT'S TIME

December 15, 2023SQuire Rushnell

I asked God for SIGNS … is this the RIGHT THING to do...
leave my job of 20 years?

Then I saw the LICENSE PLATE on the vehicle in front...

LOUIE – GOD’S WINKIN’ PARTNER

December 12, 2023SQuire Rushnell2 comments

My husband got up to see what was wrong ... FLASHING LIGHTS were coming from outside the bedroom window!

To our shock, the house NEXT DOOR was completely engulfed in 40-FOOT FLAMES ...

We LOST ALL our inventory… but Louie was our HERO...

GODWINKS CAN CHANGE EVERYTHING

December 09, 2023SQuire Rushnell1 comment

The performance was going smoothly until we noticed her... a girl in the middle holding the letter “M” upside down... totally unaware that her letter “M” appeared as a “W”...

WHEN YOU NEED A GODWINK

December 05, 2023SQuire Rushnell

Rushing to an interview... almost OUT of GAS... I jumped out ... pumped... paid... and discovered.... OH NO... My KEYS were LOCKED in the car!

Here's what happened to save my day....

HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS…WITH GODWINKS

November 29, 2023SQuire Rushnell2 comments

"As an INFANT the doctors gave up on me ... said there was NOTHING ELSE they could do.

But, there WAS something my Mama could do. And soon I was getting better."

MY DAD'S LAST CALL

November 24, 2023SQuire Rushnell1 comment

Losing Dad suddenly was shocking!

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?

November 21, 2023SQuire Rushnell

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

November 17, 2023SQuire Rushnell

I was thinking of my late dad as began my DAILY morning WALK ... usually alone on the TRACK … so I always check the surroundings.

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?

November 14, 2023SQuire Rushnell3 comments

A widow felt badly ... money was tight ... and her son desperately wanted a BIKE like all his friends.

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

November 11, 2023SQuire Rushnell

The story of a teenage girl, Jane Ellis, who wore the copper Prisoner of War bracelet of captured Air Force Pilot, Col Leo Thorsness, downed and held in Hanoi's most despicable prison.

You'll never guess what happened.

GODWINKS ARE LIKE LOVE LETTERS

November 07, 2023SQuire Rushnell3 comments

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

October 24, 2023SQuire Rushnell2 comments

My infant was NOT BREATHING!

As I gently rubbed his chest …he gasped for air…

THE POWER OF SIMPLY ASKING

October 16, 2023SQuire Rushnell

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

October 13, 2023SQuire Rushnell2 comments

He ran through the house shouting, ‘Bye Mom, Dad, Love you!’

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?

October 10, 2023SQuire Rushnell1 comment

Miles from the restaurant we stopped at for breakfast, we discovered our COMPUTER BAG MISSING!

The restaurant said it was not there. So ... we did the ONLY THING we could...WE PRAYED.

The PHONE RANG almost immediately...