God Winks

I used to believe in coincidences - that certain things would line up at a certain time and in a certain way and make you believe one had to be related to the other.

But the older I’ve gotten, the more I’m convinced that coincidences don’t exist, just God.

I used to believe everyone had a conscience. Whether we choose to listen to them or not is always debatable. I know there have been plenty of occasions that I’ve ignored or gone against what mine told me was right.

There again, as I’ve gotten older, though, while I do still believe that everyone does possess a conscience, I think the Holy Spirit is more of the driving force of us to make the choice of whether we’re going to listen…or not.

When we make the conscious decision to ignore or go against it, well, I think that’s basically when we choose to thumb our nose at God and just do what we damn well feel like.

A lot of the time, I don’t think we realize that we get to see the fruits of good decisions or when we do follow what the Holy Spirit is telling us to do.

It’s just life and we’re busy and we just keep going along with what we’re doing without being real aware. I know I do. Goodness knows there’s no lack of things to distract us from noticing.

But sometimes…sometimes, y’all.

Sometimes, God gives us a blinking neon sign that we can’t miss to let us know, that was Him.

I got one of those today.

I won’t give out the details because I don’t think there’s any way to make it not seem like a “good on me” type of declaration, and that’s not the message I want to convey or have it be about.

And I hate “vague-booking,” I’m a pretty out-with-it and ALL the details type of person, but there are some things that, even when described in perfect detail, someone is going to miss the main point of the message and misconstrue it and take it out of context.

And this isn’t about me.

But it is about listening to your gut, or those nudges, or that nagging idea that just keeps pestering you even when you try real hard to ignore it.

Because I don’t think those are coincidental.

I think that’s the Holy Spirit giving you a shove from behind in the direction you’re supposed to go.

And when we do choose to listen and heed God’s call for whatever it is, I think sometimes He gives us those moments where, like a parent praising their child, you get to feel that pat on the shoulder and know it was for a job well done.

We give those to our kids in the hopes that it inspires them to do more of the good they were praised for.

I know I’ve missed the mark probably more times than I’ll ever actually toe it, and maybe I’m all wrong in my thinking.

But they’re mine.

And the God Wink that I got today is mine too. I hope I use it to pay better attention to more calls to go do more of what He wants me to do…For What It’s Worth.