Author SQuire Rushnell believes God uses people and circumstances to give us hope. He calls these “Godwinks,†and they are much more than coincidence.
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Terry: IF YOU HAVE BEEN
LIVING ON
ANOTHER PLANET YOU MAY NOT
KNOW WHAT A
GOD WINK IS.
A MAN WALKS BY A GAS
STATION AND
THE PHONE RINGS.
HE IS IN VIETNAM AND WHILE IN
CAPTIVITY A SIX-YEAR-OLD
CHEERLEADER
PRAISE FOR HIM EVERY NIGHT
AND THEN
THEIR PATHS CROSS IN A
STADIUM.
ACCORDING TO -- THESE ARE NOT
MERE
COINCIDENCES.
BUT APPOINTMENTS.
HE CALLED THEM GODWINKS.
Terry: PLEASE WELCOME BACK
SQUIRE
RUSHNELL.
THIS IS A BLESSING OF WHOLE
UNDERSTANDING OF GODWINKS,
THE MOMENTS
THAT GOD SPEAKS TO YOU
ORDAINS
CIRCUMSTANCES RIGHT IN THE
MOMENT WHEN
YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A HOPE.
GOD TALKS TO US IN SO MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS AND GODWINKS
IS JUST
ONE OF THEM AND THESE ARE THE
LITTLE
EXPERIENCES THAT HAPPENS TO
EACH ONE
OF US. MY JOB, I FEEL ARE
LIKE
GODWINKS ON THE DOORSTEP.
MY JOB IS TO OPEN THE DOOR
AND OPEN
YOUR GIFT.
THERE ARE SURPRISES INSIDE.
THERE ARE AND BIBLICALLY
IT SAYS
ACKNOWLEDGE ME AND I WILL
DIRECT YOUR
PATH.
NOW, IF YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THE
GODWINKS
THAT AREN YOUR LIFE, THEY ARE
THE
SIGNPOST ALONG THE WAY.
JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THOSE
SIGNPOST AND
GOD WILL DIRECT YOUR PATH.
WHEN YOU START TO DO THAT
IT'S LIKE
YOUR ANTENNA BEGINS TO GO UP
AND YOU
START TO NOTICE MORE PLACES
WHERE GOD
IS SPEAKING TO YOU AND
SHOWING YOU
SOMETHING.
THE MORE YOU SEE GODWINKS,
THE MORE
YOU SEE THEM.
TALK ABOUT YOUR LITTLE
BOOK.
THIS IS A DEVOTIONAL.
HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT FROM
YOUR OTHER
BOOKS?
ALL THE BOOKS HAVE MESSAGE
OF
ENCOURAGEMENT FROM OTHER
PEOPLE BUT
THIS BOOK HAS THE ACTUAL
STORIES FROM
THE PEOPLE, THE LETTERS THAT
THEY HAVE
WRITTEN AND MY WONDERFUL WIFE
LOUISE
WHO YOU MET AS WELL.
SHE HAS ALL THE BIBLICAL
TEACHINGS FOR
THE BOOKS AND SO EVERY STORY
HAS A
BIBLICAL FOUNDATION.
THEY ARE VERY SNACKABLE.
THERE ARE 52 LITTLE STORIES
IN HERE
AND YOU CAN READ ONE BEFORE
YOU GO TO
BED AT NIGHT OR READ THE
WHOLE BOOK.
TALK ABOUT THE ROME DOWNEY.
WE ALL REMEMBER HERE FROM
TOUCHED
BY AN AGE AND -- ANGEL AND
SHE WAS
TOUCHED BY MANY.
SHE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL ONE
DAY
WALKING DOWN THE HALL AND SHE
SAW A
BEREAVED MOTHER COMING FROM
THE ROOM
SUPPORTED BY A NURSE AND
TEARS WERE
STREAMING DOWN HER FACE AND
AROMA
COULD SEE PASSED A LIFELESS
BODY IN A
BED, A CHILD HAD JUST BEEN
LOST AND AT
THAT MOMENT THE MOTHER'S EYES
CONNECTED WITH AROMA AND HER
FACE
TURNED TO HOPE AND SHE SAID
THERE YOU
ARE.
I ASKED GOD TO SEND ME AN
ANGEL AND
THERE YOU ARE.
AROMA SAID I WANTED TO SAY,
NO NO, I'M
JUST AN ACTRESS, I'M NOT
REALLY AN
ANGEL. I JUST PLAY AN ANGEL
ON TV.
BUT SHE SIMPLY REACHED OUT
AND HUGGED
THE WOMAN AND SAID, LET ME
PRAY WITH
YOU.
SHE WENT OUTSIDE AFTER A FEW
MINUTES
AND SHE CALLED HER FRIEND
DELLA REESE
AND SHE SAID, DELLA, I FEEL
LIKE SUCH
A FRAUD.
THERE WAS A VULNERABLE MOTHER
AND SHE
THINGS GODSEND HER TO ME.
AND SHE SAID HONEY, WHAT
MAKES YOU
THINK HE DIDN'T.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO LET GOD
CHANNEL
HIS GRACE.
THAT WAS A WONDERFUL GOD WINK
EXPERIENCE FOR AROMA.
Terry: ACTUALLY WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO
LIVE LIKE THAT EVERYDAY. DO
YOU HAVE A
FAVORITE STORY IN THE BOOK?
I LIKE THE STORY ABOUT
JENNY.
JENNY WAS HEARTBROKEN WHEN HE
GOT THE
CALL IN THE NURSING HOME THAT
IT WAS
TIME FOR THEM TO RUSH AND
THEY GOT THE
CALL FROM HOSPICE AND ALL THE
FAMILY
GATHERED THERE AND THEY ALL
WENT INTO
THE ROOM TO BE WITH HIS
MOTHER AND HE
JUST COULDN'T BARE IT TO GO
IN THE
ROOM WITH HIS MOM AND SEE HER
IN THAT
STATE AS HIS LAST MEMORY AND
HE SAT
DOWN IN THE SEAT IN THE
HALLWAY
FEELING SUCH TERRIBLE GUILT
THAT HE
WASN'T GOING IN AND OH GOD, I
HOPE SHE
DOESN'T THINK TERRIBLY OF ME
AND HE
WAS SO TORN.
AT THAT POINT THERE WAS A
WONDERFUL
GOD WINK AND THERE WAS A SONG
THAT HIS
MOTHER USED TO SING TO HIM
AND THE
WORDS WERE GOOD-BYE, JIMMY,
GOOD-BYE,
I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN, I DON'T
KNOW
WHEN.
GOOD-BYE, JIMMY GOOD-BYE AND
HE FELT A
PEACE THAT IS SURPASSED ALL
UNDERSTANDING.
THAT'S HOW GOD COMMUNITIES
--
COMMUNICATES THROUGH THESE
GODWINKS
WITH ASSURANCE.
Terry: YOU HAVE BROUGHT
THESE
GODWINKS WITH SUCH A
TENDERNESS.
I WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT
THIS IS THE
NEXT ONE IN THE NEW YORK
TIMES BEST
SELLER IN GODWINKS SERIES.
IT'S CALLED "GODWINKS
DEVOTIONAL" IT'S
A GREAT BOOK.
IT'S AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS
ARE
SOLD. THAT'S WONDERFUL.