God wink

plural God winks · alternative godwink · alternative God-wink

1. An event or personal experience, often identified as coincidence, so astonishing that it is seen as a sign of divine intervention, especially when perceived as the answer to a prayer.

   A giant hand? That's the kind of stuff that makes people of faith smile — maybe a God wink? How fun.

   2009, Ed Gungor, What Bothers Me Most About Christianity, →ISBN, page 117

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   Scene 85=JANE (Kathie Lee Gifford) Sometimes, God doesn’t speak to us in a voice we can hear. Sometimes-he winks.

   2018, A Godwink Christmas

   When we carry ourselves as far as we can and feel we can go no further, that's when we should be on the lookout for a God Wink. It's coming.

   2002, SQuire D. Rushnell (sic), When God Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life, →ISBN

   In its most vulgarized and solipsistic state, epiphany is what currently is marketed as a God wink. Here the believer is encouraged to take some coincidence, like winning the lottery or recovering from sickness, as evidence of a higher power at work.

   2007, James B. Twitchell, Shopping for God, →ISBN, page 105

   Still, at the time, I was dearly in need of a God-wink or two. And, as so often happens, I had to wait for them.

   2011, Stephen G. Post, The Hidden Gifts of Helping, →ISBN