Comments on: When God Winks

By: GreySlate « Smoke & Mirrors

GreySlate « Smoke & Mirrors — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:06:39 +0000

[...] (so many out there, huh?) I got a chill when I read the e-mail’s title: Angel’s Poem A God wink? Who knows? Maybe my angel does . . [...]

By: Grimm

Grimm — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:40:26 +0000

Sorry I am late on this one. I can consider one of the reasons I reasons I started reading you was because of this very thing.

I been thinking about my mother for some time and about visiting her grave around the same exact time you wrote a fantastic post about your mother and the feelings you have for her.

That right there made me a lifetime reader.

Of course, it is little things that maybe you don’t notice until later that seem to hit the hardest.

Case in point: Back in college, I am leaving for work and as I am heading for the car – for some reason I could not hold onto the car keys as I dropped them a total of about 5 times. It was something simple and put me another few minutes behind.

On my way to work, I missed a horrible accident in which a dump truck ran a stop sign and hit a car broadside. The accident happened just a few minutes before I would have normally been at the intersection.

Sorry for the length. But reading about this opened up so many instances, just wanted to share. Great job.

You know all about God Winks, buddy.
No worries on the lengthy comment.
Great story.
~m

By: spasmicallyperfect

spasmicallyperfect — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:48:11 +0000

I have many. In fact I think I have them daily. It’s what happens when you become aware of them.

Three big ones that stand out right now:

- the ‘coincidence’ around how I met my husband
- being clipped by a truck and spinning across 5 lanes of busy highway traffic and ‘landing’ neatly parked by the center guard rail. Then watching all those cars speed by thinking ‘how on earth did I get all across all those lanes without being t-boned / dead?’
- the times I’ve felt the most desperate the phone rang and someone who seemed to have fallen off the face of the earth reached out to me.

oh – and

‘disturbingly beautiful’.

You are one sweet thang, Spaz.
God, I mean that in the nicest and most respectable way.
Post those stories someday, okay? ~m

By: mrsvierkant

mrsvierkant — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:26:51 +0000

I think I should put this book on my to read list. Love reading your blog, BTW.

Nice having you drop by. We’re blogroll buddies now. ~m

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:59:29 +0000

Back when the earth’s crust was still cooling, the Mister sent a story to that contest. In the fullness of time, an Encyclopedia arrived on our doorstep; it was the first prize. One of the judges worked for Atlantic Monthly (OK, I SAID this was a while back). The Mister sent his short story to her. Again, in the fullness of time, he received a letter from her. “Just because your little story won a contest,” she wrote, “does not mean that it is fit for OUR publication.” Maybe this is more of a God joke than a God wink. But it amused us either way.

A wink to be sure. The Man does have a sense of humor. ~m

By: Deborah Woehr

Deborah Woehr — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:33:10 +0000

First, congrats on winning that contest! That is too cool. :8

I’m no stranger to serendipity. I’ll be thinking about a particular person for several days before they’ll either call me or send me an email. Happens all the time.

A God Wink. You got it. ~m

By: Lumpy

Lumpy — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:00:23 +0000

I’m always saying, “God watches out for me!” because there were so many times when my life could have turned out “not so great”. I look back on all of those instances and am so grateful. I never thought of them as a *wink* before but I will now. One tiny little for instance: I had dated my highschool sweetheart for nearly 4 years. After highschool, we moved into a tiny apartment. I was in love, blah blah blah- but he was controlling and didn’t want to share me, with anyone. We parted ways and I moved on. It was hard, he was all I knew. I met my husband and he encourages me to explore my hobbies and interests…. What would I be like now had I stayed w/ the highschool boy? What if I had gotten pregnant back then? OMG, I would be tied to him forever. I just think God has always looked out for me. Is this kinda what ‘cha mean? I married someone who loves me just as much I love him – I’m so grateful! Like I said, this is only one little for instance, I have many more! I’m grateful for the winks – I’ll take all I can get!

Think about coincidence. Never mind God.
Pure coincidence.
Ever think about someone and they call you out of nowhere?
The MAN is telling you something.
Nothing profound or life-altering, just a “wink” . . .
As far as your destiny? Yeah, He has much to do with that.
~m

By: anonymum

anonymum — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:20:31 +0000

AHA! now I understand! Thank you

By: anonymum

anonymum — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:14:57 +0000

Englishman! checking the link as soon as i hit submit…thank you

By: anonymum

anonymum — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:56:25 +0000

Cannot tell a lie, I didn’t even scroll over it {the pic that is} so I didn’t know it WAS a link…have since rectified that little issue…and have just this minute clicked the link for the book…nah nah nah nah nah! and btw {don’t mean to be rude} but gipper??? enlighten me even when i know you’ll probably still sound like a pom though!

Gipper
Pom? ~m