I gave my number to a stranger today…
Whether you know or not, I’m a big vision board girl. Not only am I super visual, but also completely flighty so if I don’t set clear goals and stay intentional about them, I’ll come up with about 100 other ideas to try to chase after.
The vision board doesn’t necessarily stop new ideas, but it does hold me accountable to the ones that were really important to me at the start of the year. For 2025, I put “find a home church” knowing that we’d be moving early in the year.
In Unapologetic, I share that I’ve never found my Jesus in a church. If anything, the church and I have always struggled. I’ve found Jesus in the people He’s put in my life, the purpose He’s put in my heart, and music. But what I’ve been humbly shown this year was that it wasn’t “the church” that was the problem. It was experiences with the wrong church.
So in April of this year, I gave it another shot and attended a familiar church with my sister-in-law.
Ever been in an audience feeling like the speaker had magically setup shop in your head the week prior and was speaking to directly to you?
That was me and Pastor Eddie April 6th. You got me good Pastor Eddie, you got me good…So many God-winks.
If you’re not familiar with the term, a God-wink is exactly what it sounds like. A little wink from Heaven. Some may call this a “sign from above,” but I’ve always called them God-winks because I take them as moments where I feel like God is saying, “Yoohoo!! This is for you. Wink-wink, so pay close attention!” I believe in them so much, there’s an entire chapter dedicated to this in the book.
Onlookers could’ve seen me, sitting in the audience, sobbing (major weeper) totally recognizing that God was about to set me straight on my perspectives about His church. I’ve been going as much as I can ever since.
Today I went alone which doesn’t happen often, but buckle up for one heck of a God-wink.
As church is beginning to start, a beautiful woman around my age asks me if she can sit next to me. She smelled like the perfume section of Ulta so I joked that anyone smelling that good is welcome next to me.
As worship began I felt this “tug” to introduce myself to her. We both were being moved to tears at the same moments…And the tug only grew stronger as the service progressed. The last 10 minutes of the sermon were approaching and I found myself holding a tiny piece of crumbled paper I carefully ripped from the bottom of our series workbook with my name and phone number.
It was one of those “moments” where I had to remind myself that this was not a big deal and that the worst that could happen is I never hear a word from her. But the best that could happen was totally worth the risk.
So I did it. I gave my number to a random stranger who met me with so much kindness and love that my heart exploded. Not only was she excited and sincere, but she went a step further and we made plans for this upcoming week.
As I drove home, I reflected on what would’ve happened had I not embraced courage in that moment.
How differently would that have gone if I would’ve just stood up and walked away? I have no idea where this will go (if anywhere), but what if it does?
Who or what is being put on your heart or your path to make an impact?
Are you listening to that voice? That tug?
I really hope you will. Because there are God-winks and angels all around us, but only if we’re willing to slow down long enough to notice.
I hope this week you take the time to do just that.
& be nothing but yourself.
Big Hugs & Love,
Cassy
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