Say What?

So I’m praying on my way to work this morning.  Praying, and complaining a little.  “God, why can’t I know you in a more real way?  I want to talk WITH you as a friend, not TO you.  Why does it have to be so hard to hear your voice?  I wish you would speak directly to me in a more practical and concrete way.”  My prayer ends with a puny bit of praise, then I walk in the office and get started with the “practical” and “concrete” part of my day.

Lunch time comes.  I decide to go to Wendy’s, which I do every now and then.  As I pull into the parking lot, the urge hits me to go in the Dollar General Store that is at the other end of the small shopping center parking lot.   I walk into Wendy’s, thinking I might head into the Dollar General AFTER I eat, if I still have time.  The line at the Wendy’s counter is way long.  Change of plans.  I walk over to the Dollar General and go in.

It’s probably been at least 6 months since I was in here last.   I wander about a bit, killing time, waiting for the Wendy’s line to diminish.  I walk down a little aisle containing a few cheap books.  One catches my eye.  It’s titled When God Winks At You.  It’s only $3.  I feel impressed to pick it up.  Something tells me “It’s why you are here.”  I buy the book and head back to Wendy’s.  The line is gone, so I buy lunch.

As I munch on lunch, I crack the book open and begin to read.  It’s perfect.  I scribble this story on napkins.  I stuff the napkins in the book and walk out with a smile on my face and a song in my heart.  I have tucked under my arm, a little book with a few inky napkins in it.  The book’s title is When God Winks At You.  But I am especially drawn to the subtitle:  “How God Speaks Directly to You Through the Power of Coincidence.”