A few years back, a friend of Steve and I told us about God winks. A God wink are those times when you see something in nature that you were not expecting, that wows you and reminds you that God is real and who He says He is. An few examples of God winks that friends and family have share with us are: a friend coming face to face with a manatee while snorkeling, a family member looking out at the ocean just as a whale breeches, sitting at the ocean and seeing dolphins jumping and playing, seeing an eagle swoop down and catch a rabbit, or seeing a brilliant double or triple rainbow. Get the idea? These events are not everyday occurrences, so when they happen we tend to be awe struck by them and they cause us to think of our Creator. The evening of my Mom's funeral there was a God wink.
The family returned home after the services and meal at the church to bury Mom privately on the farm where she and Dad had lived together for over 60 years. After closing the grave, my nephew took my Dad back to the house where he sat on the porch watching the sunset, something he and Mom did almost every evening in the summer. A few of the family members were at the house, some of us were walking across the field to the house and some members were still near the grave talking together. When those of us who were walking to the house were about halfway there, we noticed a huge flock of birds coming toward us from the south. Being the first part of June, it was a bit unusual to see such a large flock of birds. Then someone mentioned that they looked like geese, which was even more unusual since migration north of most geese was past, and they weren't flying in formation like a flock of geese. Just before this flock of geese reached the fence row at the south edge of the yard, one goose honked, moved out in front, while the rest of the geese fell into formation. They then flew over between my brother's house and the road (his front yard) at the height of the telephone wires. Normally, when you see a flock of geese, they are honking at each other but this flock flew past my dad on the porch, over us, and over my Mom's grave so quietly, you could hear the feathers moving as they flapped their wings. And it wasn't a small flock of geese; my nephew counted about 40 geese in half of one side of the V formation. There were anywhere from 100 to 120 geese in the flock. Where they came from, since there isn't a pond or lake nearby, I don't know. The sight made us all stop and say, "WOW!" I can't speak for everyone in the family, but for me, it was a God wink. God is so gracious and so loving that it is not unlike Him to show that love to His children in this way. God sent those geese for us to see at that moment, to let us know all was well. He sent Mom her own personal fly over acknowledging a life well lived for Him.
"....Well done, good and faithful servant.....enter into the joy of your master." Matthew 25:23
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