You know, God winks at us. Or you can call them blessings in disguise or just God moments. I had never thought about them being “God winks” until my brother in law, Patrick, said it, but this makes so much sense! I think I go through life sometimes just skimming the surface and I am not looking for the wink when they are pretty obvious. For instance, when a cute boy winks at you, trust me, you notice. So when God winks at you, shouldn’t it be even more obvious?
This past week I had the best Christmas present of going to Portland To visit my sister, Amy, and her husband, Patrick, for a few days starting the day after Christmas. On the way there, my flight was delayed 7 hours. I didn’t know a flight could get that delayed and I was getting a little annoyed. By the time that I am sitting in the airport and pacing the “A” terminal for the 6th time, I over heard a conversation. Someone from my flight was talking to another couple going to Nashville whose daughter was just put into the hospital the other day. The daughter’s Christmas wish was to live through Christmas Day and she got it. Her parents needed to see her now because of her condition and they said they didn’t know what they would have done if their plane had been delayed.
Aww, conviction set in. I was being so selfish. My trip was a complete blessing and gift. All I was thinking about was how terrible it was that I had a 7 hour plane delay. God winked at me and layed on my heart to pray that she and her husband got to their daughter and that she would be healed. It was no coincidence that I heard that conversation, it was a God moment to bring me to the foot of the cross and realize that the world does not revolve around me.
Fast forward a few days, and Amy and I are laughing. We are just cracking up and I can’t even remember why, but it is so full of joy. That is God winking. Watching God answer prayers of seeing someone through His eyes instead of the world’s perspective and watching God provide is a huge wink with a sassy snap! Being reminded what it feels like to be filled with joy from quality time of real conversations of imperfections, laughter over family traditions, planning futures together, opening our eyes to the beauty all around, saying thank you instead of sorry and witnessing the love between Amy and Patrick- these are all blessings. There are so many small blessing that I take advantage of. I am not realizing how often God is winking and I am staring him in the nose. It’s about time I wake up and be great full for every wink!
