John 15:9,11-15 Acts 10: 44-48 What do you call a coincidence that is not really a coincidence? The writer Squire Rushnell likes to say that is God winking at you. You know, trying to get your attention, trying to get a special message to you; trying to let you know that there is something going on here that might not be readily apparent. Sometimes God has to wink really hard. Or repeatedly. As if God is working at getting a message across that we are just not understanding, and it just seems like God has this weird tic. And you look at God and say, “What is the matter with you?” Are you okay?” When my daughter Willa was about three years old, she said to me, “Sometimes I can wink really good, like this,” and she winked. “But sometimes I just lose my mind, like this,” and then she sort […]
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