God’s wink
n.— «Hey there’s a cute guy in my MAS class. He’s got the rugged hair under the baseball cap thing happening. Today I was just hiding under my GK hat, hoping he didn’t notice me smiling…why? Coz today he was sporting a WWJD band. Teehee…sigh That’s God’s wink for me—He’s telling me that somewhere out there, there’s a fella, growing in faith.» —“in the zone” by J(“,)YskinZ coMpleteLy rAndoM giBbeRisH May 11, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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