God Winks
A few weeks ago, as part of our staycation exploring Scotland, we
decided to take a day trip to the Isle of Arran. The Island holds a special
place in my husband’s heart and he couldn’t wait to show our daughter all the
places he frequented on his childhood holidays.
In the afternoon we spent some time on a beautiful beach and as I sat
listening to the sound of the sea, I had a magical moment where I could almost
hear the sound of bagpipes on the breeze. However the sound continued for some
time and we realized that the sound was real – there really were bagpipes
playing! In fact there was a group of people doing a bagpipe display for a
primary school in the local park.
My daughter absolutely loves the bagpipes and will happily watch you
tube videos of them all day long! So you can imagine how excited she was to
seem some in the flesh!
Later as we sat on the beach we started to talk about how, often when we
are on holiday or daytrip adventures, we find there happens to be interesting or
cool events that happens to be on. For example when we visited Tynemouth castle
to find they had a medieval jousting tournament, when we visited a little village
in Bowland to find they had an amazing vintage steam fair, when we went walking
in the countryside to find a village we passed through had a morris dancing
competition, when we went passed through a little Welsh seaside town for fish
and chips after a long walk to find that they were having a vintage car rally…
I could go on and on!
A friend of mine often talks about God winks, little things that God
does to show his care and compassion for us and in our family, one of the
places we have seen such fun God winks is in the area of our family adventures.
The bible is packed full of verses that shows us God cares.
John 10:10 says:
God wants to give us an abundant life, he wants to give us blessings. He
wants to show us that he loves us through hundreds of little ways…we just have
to look for them. As I sat thinking about all the God winks God has given us on
our family days out, I began to remember more and more
Psalm 139 is such a beautiful reminder of God’s care and compassion for
us. Verses 13-16 says:
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my
mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and
wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret
place,
when I was woven together in the
depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
God blesses us in so many ways every day…we just have to look for them.
As I sat thinking about all the God winks God has given us on our family days
out, I began to remember more and more I was reminded of Psalm 103:2
Praise the Lord, my soul,
and forget not all his benefits
Today I challenge you to count your blessings. Share them with people around you…Share them with me! Let us praise the lord because he wants us to live a life full of blessings and God Winks! As proverbs 3:1-2 says:
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