God wink

n. something taken as evidence that a higher power is at work; a coincidence. Subjects: English, Religion

Editorial Note: The term was popularized by Squire Rushnell in his 2003 book When God Winks and in his subsequent books.

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Citations: 2004 [Joshua Gemmell] Usenet: alt.religion.mormon (July 17) “HERE IS WISDOM, Learn why you hate the prophet ART BULLA!”: Ponder it in your minds, why all the sugar being pushed today, is it just a God Wink? NO! These are not God Winks! No, God has not given you a wink to let you know he is with you. Whenever you see a Word of Wisdom being fulfilled, don’t be so foolish to think it’s a God Wink, letting you know everything is okay, for I am with you. 2005 [J(",)YskinZ] coMpleteLy rAndoM giBbeRisH (May 11) “in the zone”: Hey there’s a cute guy in my MAS class. He’s got the rugged hair under the baseball cap thing happening. Today I was just hiding under my GK hat, hoping he didn’t notice me smiling…why? Coz today he was sporting a WWJD band. Teehee…*sigh* That’s God’s wink for me—He’s telling me that somewhere out there, there’s a fella, growing in faith. 2005 Hurricane Relief to Perkinston, MS (Huntsville, Alabama) (Sept. 9) “Heading to Perkinston, MS”: We began to get things separated when a semi truck arrived, unbenownst to them, from Iowa. (Again a God wink because it was from the area in Iowa that Sarah is from) So God allowed us to help them unload this truck and then begin the sorting again. *2006 Squire Rushnell Beliefnet.com (Oct. 25) “When God Winks at You”: Every time you receive what some call a coincidence or an answered prayer, it’s a direct and personal message of reassurance from God to you—what I call a godwink. 2006 [Whorella Mundane] Usenet: alt.fan.kathy-jo (Oct. 26) “ain’t life a grand?”: Anyway so now my brain is on fire—everywhere i look i see god’s wink.

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Dear Grant:

I am the author of the “When GOD Winks” books, and the originator of the term “God Wink” and “godwinks.”

At the beginning of my first two books I have listed the definition of godwink (n) as follows: “A personal signal or message directly from a higher power, usually but not always, in the form of a coincidence.

In my writing I also use the word “godwink” to describe “answered prayer”...for which I have found no appropriate word in the English language. As such, I’m finding that people quite involutarily and quickly use the term “godwink” to describe a moment when a prayer has been answered, or a coincidence seems to defy odds.

God Wink, with capital letters, I use to describe the actual act..as in, “when God winks.” In lowercase, “godwink” is the outcome of God Winks.

I appreciate your kind interest. And, I am fascinated by your work with Double=Tongued.

Good wishes and godwinks.

SQuire Rushnell
sqrush@gmail.com
whengodwinks.com

by SQuire Rushnell 05 Nov 06, 0107 GMT

My co-worker’s 58 year old husband died a couple of weeks ago after a short but devastating illness. She and her 30 year old son had recently cleared old toys out of their shed for the grandkids to play with. Together they noticed TV commercials centered around “soap box derby” cars from Cub Scouts and wondered what ever happened to the one he and his Dad had made years ago, and assumed it had broken and been pitched. Looking for something else in the shed that is now cleaned up of old toys, right smack dab in front of him sat the car, like a beautiful gift from Dad. What a Godwink! Gives me goosebumps of joy and tears at the same time! She said her son was as white as a ghost when he showed her. I sense a rebirth of the Lord in that young man’s life.

by Trudy York 08 Aug 08, 1116 GMT