Not everything that feels like a coincidence is one. Some things are too specific, too perfectly timed, too personally crafted to be random. They are God speaking in the language of everyday moments — quietly, consistently, in ways that are easy to dismiss if you are not paying attention. This is a list for anyone learning to recognize the signs that have been there all along.

Things that aren’t coincidences (they’re confirmations)

• the verse that found you exactly when you needed to read it
• the message a friend sent that mirrored what you were praying about
• the song lyric that felt written for your current season

the redirection that initially felt like rejection

– Jacqueline Whitney

• the stranger who said the thing you needed to hear
• the dream you couldn’t shake that made sense days later
• the door that closed right before you walked through it
• the timing of running into someone you hadn’t seen in years
• the way the same word kept showing up in different places
• the conversation that came up moments after you prayed about it
• the open door that appeared right when you’d given up
• the peace that came when you needed an answer

• the person who texted out of the blue at exactly the right moment
• the resource you stumbled upon that solved exactly what you needed
• the redirection that initially felt like rejection

Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.