When GOD Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life
When GOD Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life
It is not by accident that you just picked up When God Winks. Whether you call it synchronicity or coincidence, what brought you to this book today is worth remembering. In fact, you may have suspected all along that there is more to coincidence than meets the eye. These seemingly random events are actually signposts that can help you successfully navigate your career, relationships, and interests. SQuire Rushnell shows us that by recognizing our “God Winks,” we can use the untapped power of coincidence to vastly improve our lives.
The author applies his compelling theory as to why coincidences exist to fascinating stories in history, sports, medicine, and relationships involving both everyday and famous people including Barbra Streisand, Charles Schulz, Oprah Winfrey, Kevin Costner, Mark Twain, and Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
User Ratings and Reviews
1 Stars Quite Disappointing
This book was extremely disappointing. I was very excited about it. I’ve had times in my life when I KNOW the Lord has worked and I was hoping this book would help me be more in tune to the Lord’s work in my life and help me see specific situations I may have missed. What a joke!!!
The book seems to be more of a manual for how to use coincidences to do what you want and feel good about it. Many of the examples of “God Winks” lead people to do things that our Lord would not approve of (one example being divorce).
But my biggest complaint is that the vast majority of the author’s examples of “God Winks” comes from the rich and famous. I got the impression that the author apparently can not even relate to or understand the work of God in the average person’s life. This mistake on the author’s part could lead to a reader becoming hopeless rather than hopeful that the True God is working in their life.
I did not come away from the reading believing that the author knew and understood the True God of the Bible, though I did gain some benefit from reading the book. Reading it did remind me that God does work in my life in a personal way and that I need to always be looking for that work - and more importantly that I need to acknowledge, cherish and remember that work.
I would like to share two instances that I know God worked in my life. One could be considered a “coincidence” but the other is just God’s work. And both are simple, average examples of the Lord working in an ordinary person’s life. They do not describe any life-changing events, but they are God’s work non-the-less.
1) My car - a Subaru Justy - was doing it’s job getting my family of 5 around (two in car seats!). We joked about it being the clown car because we could all squeeze in and it looked funny; all of us piling out. The driver’s side seat belt broke. We called to find out how much it would cost to fix and discovered that we really, really could not afford it, but what else could we do? Days later we received a letter in the mail informing us that the seat belts had been recalled and we could have it repaired at a dealership for free. What a BLESSING! This seems like a coincidence (or a “God Wink”) but I took it for what it was….the Lord watching over us and taking care of our needs.
2) Shortly before my grandfather died we made a trip to visit him. He was my favorite person in the world. The whole time we were there (as other times before) I would get on to my boys for being loud and rambuctious. My grandfather would sit in his chair in the living room and seemed to be sleeping. He was very frail. I was afraid that my boys would bother him. At one point the boys came bouncing loudly into the room. As I was about to get on to them and scold them for being loud I looked over at my grandfather. He was sitting in his chair laughing! He was wasting away at the end of his life, yet he was enjoying his grandsons’ romping around his house. That was pure gold to me. You can’t call this a coincidence. You could call it a “God Wink”, but after reading Rushnell’s book I have an aversion to that term. God did move and speak into my life, but it was absolutely nothing like what Rushnell describes in his book.
I could give many more boring examples of how God has worked in my ordinary life. They probably wouldn’t be as appealing as Rushnell’s examples because they weren’t coincidences on my path to being rich and famous. But they are real examples of a real God working in an ordinary person’s life. And they didn’t lead me to do something that God would not approve of, quite the opposite. All of the personal experiences I’ve had with God working in my life have led me away from sin and toward God.
All that to say that if you believe in the God of the Bible don’t waste your time reading this book. Instead spend the time really thinking on and praying about how the Lord has worked in your life. Thank Him for it and rejoice!
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5 Stars God is Great
I read this book and then got a copy for myself. It is well worth the read,
5 Stars Amazing book!
I read this book several years ago. It is a book that will open your eyes and make you really think about events in your life. When I question why certain things are happening in my life, I go back to this book. Belongs in every person’s library.
3 Stars Mediocre
I’m not sure what I was expecting but maybe more compelling “evidence” of God winks. I think they really do exist, but these are kind of a stretch.
5 Stars Finding My God winks
If you ever wonder if the coincidence’s in your life have meaning then you must read this book! Story after story you begin to see how what you might think of coincidence’s are actually God Winks- times when His plan for your life is unfolding! After reading this book I began journeling, tracing my life backwards to see all the places and people and WINKS that make up the story of who I am - and more importantly- the story of God in my life and His plan and love and attention to the details that make up my life. Can’t wait to see how GOD WINKS on me today!
If you love this book make sure to read the other great GOD WINKS books that Mr. Rushnell has written.
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