Grace Encounters
Mt friend Tena calls them Whammies. God Whammies, to be exact. When circumstances are just so coincidental they can't possibly be coincidental. They are grace encounters.
To me a grace encounter is when some of the dots get connected and events or people who seemed to randomly occur or appear in life all of a sudden are connected. I imagine God dipping His hand into a huge vat of invisible ink dots and casting them heavenward, where over time they become visible, one by one and then become connected. All of a sudden, it seems, the dots are connected and the occurrences, grace encounters, not coincidences become apparent.
The other day I couldn't get a particular friend out of my mind. It was as if God was saying over and over, call her, call her...so I may be thick, but I have learned that over time that still small voice is worth listening to, so I called and left a message. I didn't realize my friend had changed jobs, since her voice mail was an out of the office auto responder. Three days after I left her a message I re-connected with two other women at a wedding, one whom I have known for years. It turns out they are both working with this same woman who I had just left a message for. I don't know if I represent a missing puzzle peace or not, but the grace encounter was in knowing I had done the obedient thing by responding to the nudge to call.
To me a grace encounter is when some of the dots get connected and events or people who seemed to randomly occur or appear in life all of a sudden are connected. I imagine God dipping His hand into a huge vat of invisible ink dots and casting them heavenward, where over time they become visible, one by one and then become connected. All of a sudden, it seems, the dots are connected and the occurrences, grace encounters, not coincidences become apparent.
The other day I couldn't get a particular friend out of my mind. It was as if God was saying over and over, call her, call her...so I may be thick, but I have learned that over time that still small voice is worth listening to, so I called and left a message. I didn't realize my friend had changed jobs, since her voice mail was an out of the office auto responder. Three days after I left her a message I re-connected with two other women at a wedding, one whom I have known for years. It turns out they are both working with this same woman who I had just left a message for. I don't know if I represent a missing puzzle peace or not, but the grace encounter was in knowing I had done the obedient thing by responding to the nudge to call.
Labels: coincidences, God encounters, grace
posted by www.kathypride.com at
10:08 PM
1 Comments:
God Whammies otherwise known as Grace Encounters, where events or people who appear random suddenly become connected. Thank you for coining a phrase that now expresses several dozen instances of unexplainable dot connecting in my life.
It cannot be argued that listening to your intuition most likely is a nudge from above.
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