God Wink

27/03/2026

We’re back for our second annual Saved by the Serve pickleball fundraiser, and our hearts couldn’t be more grateful. ♥️

God has such a tender way of bringing people together. Sometimes in the middle of a game, sometimes in the quiet moments in between. This event is more than just time on the court… it’s a space to connect, to laugh, to breathe, and to support the healing journeys God Wink is honored to walk alongside.

$60 per person
2 hours of play + food
Every serve and every moment of community helps fuel our mission of hope and restoration.

Last year was filled with so much joy and sweetness, and we can’t wait to gather again — to play, to be present, and to serve both on and off the court. ✨

Scan the Venmo QR to secure your spot!

Let’s rally in faith, joy, and purpose this June. 🫶

08/03/2026

Sometimes hope can feel like a distant, almost unreachable feeling. In those moments we find ourselves grasping for something to hold onto, forgetting that when we simply place it in His hands, His will carries us through to the other side. Even in the seasons where we cannot see the full picture, He is still working for our good.

Our Hope Candle Fundraiser is a small reminder of that truth. A simple flicker of light can represent the hope we hold onto through every season. If you know someone who could use a little encouragement, a little comfort, or a reminder that they are not alone, this is a beautiful way to send them a small blessing in candle form.

✨ HOPE Candle — Fundraiser Details
• $20 each
• $12 flat rate shipping
• Hand-poured, intentional, and created to uplift
• A beautiful way to spread hope, encouragement, and God’s light

✨ How to Order
Send payment via Venmo to Godwinkco
Email ashley@godwinkco.com with:
• Your full name
• Shipping address
• Number of candles ordered

04/03/2026

God Wink Wednesday

One of the most beautiful parts of walking with Him is noticing the little ways He moves in our everyday lives. Sometimes it’s big and unmistakable… and sometimes it’s a quiet nudge, a moment of peace, a perfectly timed conversation, or a reminder that we’re not walking alone.

We can’t truly know God without witnessing how He’s working through us and around us. When we slow down and pay attention, we start to see His fingerprints everywhere.

Share a God Wink you experienced this week — big or small.

Let’s create a space where His love, His timing, and His goodness are seen and celebrated.

I’d love to read what He’s been doing in your life. 🤍

24/02/2026

Today’s testimony is for the broken. For the ones who have carried shame in silence, battled addiction behind closed doors, or wondered if God could truly redeem their story.

Ann B’s journey is not polished or pretty, it is real. It holds childhood trauma, years of self-destruction, and moments of deep despair. But it also holds something greater: a God who rescues, restores, and redeems.

Her story is a powerful reminder that no pit is too deep, no past too messy, and no life too far gone for Jesus to reach. What feels like the end can become the very place resurrection begins.
Take your time with this one. Let it speak to the places that still ache.

Here is Ann B’s Tuesday Testimony.

To the broken.

The natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God For they are folly to him and he is not able to understand them because They are spiritually discerned. 1 Corinthians 2:14

He lifted me out of the pit of despair out of the mud in the Meijer. He set my feet on solid ground and studied me as I walked along. He has given me a new song to sing a hymn of praise to God many will see what he has done and be amazed they will put their trust in the Lord. Psalm 40:2-3

"Do you want to know why your life is like this?" This question was posed to me just after I had confessed the sins I was committing—sexual immorality, drunkenness, lying, cheating, and stealing. All of that self-destruction and sin poured out of me because I was done hiding. A few days earlier, I had surrendered my life to Jesus and felt a tangible sense of love unlike anything I had ever experienced: the love of a sinner saved by grace. My reply was simple: "Because I don't have God in my life."

The moment I surrendered and was saved, God had already aligned people to help me. He knows us, created us, and set us apart; there is no hiding from Him. I encourage you to take a few moments to look into Psalm 139, Jeremiah 1:5, and Ephesians 1:11, as these scriptures reveal the intimacy and love God has for us. While I was overwhelmed by His grace, I realized I still had to face a part of me that desperately needed healing.

That healing began with my childhood. I was sexually abused by three different people starting at an early age until I was 12. At 17, I finally told my mother about one of those individuals. The shame, brokenness, darkness, and anger began to flood my life. I cried out to her for help, but her response was only, "I thought something had happened." Because I felt there would be no further help, I only disclosed one person and went back to suppressing my feelings and the reality of my stolen innocence.

Marriage, children, postpartum depression, alcoholism.

Let’s fast forward to the birth of my first child. I was so excited two days after I had him postpartum depression came and never left along with the best friend anxiety on a level that paralyzed me and made me fear everything. I told my doctor what I was feeling an ex experiencing and she told me that I would get over it once again I asked for help and it never came back to suppressing my emotions one night. My anxiety was so bad that my husband at the time gave me a drink and told me to relax I immediately took a sip and the raging anxiety vanished. Sure I had alcohol before, but this time something magical happened I could cope the alcohol helped me numb the feelings and depression. I was like a different person until the alcohol stopped working, and my behavior became so out of control and self-destructive that I had become a disgrace. This took 10 years and at the end I was someone I truly didn’t know I was unfaithful I was stealing I was fighting and the only thing I cared about was the alcohol because it made me feel like I was somebody else. I didn’t know what to do. I was so ashamed so disgusted. I wanted to kill myself. I had dug a pit so deep I couldn’t get out of it. There was no one to rescue me just like when I was a little girl just like when I had postpartum.

The rescue

I began reading a book about the love of God. I’m not endorsing this book because it is not biblically accurate it was a fictional book, but God used it to convince me that he does still love me that he died to save sinners like me if I just placed my faith in him, it says if I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in my heart that God raised Jesus from the dead you will be saved Romans 10:9
I grew up going to church, but there is a saying that I’ve hung onto all these years by Beth Moore and she said you may believe in God, but do you believe God that spoke to me I didn’t know the Bible so the night that I had called out to Jesus and desperation with my heart convicted I surrendered, and then I passed out because yes, I was drunk. God still heard my cry and the very next day Jesus rescued me by sending other believers that would help me along in my recovery such as the person asking me over coffee, do you know why your life is a mess?

Recovery
One of the very first things that the Lord sent me free from was my thirst for alcohol he truly delivered me. I lost the desire to numb out to escape. I wanted to confront the pain that I had suppressed hallelujah! Who the Son sets free is free indeed John 8:36 spiritual freedom chains are broken! The second healing God wanted to do was the command and the importance of forgiveness Matthew 6:14-15. This was going to be hard for me. I had to forgive all those who hurt me so I asked the Lord Lord help me to even want to forgive, and that was my prayer and what the power of the Holy Spirit I was able to forgive those that hurt me not just for forgive but set free from the trauma the abuse and I had to forgive myself thank you Jesus do you see it? Jesus hadn’t left my side even in the sins I was committing due to the unresolved trauma that happened to me. He knew he was going to redeem my life and save me so in the correction in the character building the father loves and is always present. He truly loves the sinner. He came for the lost and the broken in the sick and he will redeem your life from the pit. I’m not saying you won’t ever sing again because I have. (Maybe a part two will be my next testimony)

Just a few weeks ago, I celebrated 16 years of walking with Jesus and 16 years of sobriety what I have learned over the years is that God truly desires to save you. That what we truly desire is to be saved by God and to have a relationship, but we don’t seek God out. God seeks us out. I’ve learned that the power and love of Jesus will help you overcome any pain and the Holy Spirit helps us learn, guide guides and comfort us today I walk alongside other women who struggle in the same areas that I did. Telling them ugly, sinful, addicted, life, and how Jesus took me out of it I keep pointing them to the only one who can heal, save transform and heal Jesus Christ. I am vulnerable with my story so that they are vulnerable with theirs and they call upon the name of Jesus, the King of Kings to set them free!

19/02/2026

Hi friends 💛 I’m Brit, and I asked God Wink if they could create a candle that represents the kind of hope we get to hold onto every single day — the unshakable, biblical hope found in God.

Hope has become my favorite word. Not just wishful thinking…but a wholehearted, evidence-based confidence that God is making the future better than the past or present. No matter what the season looks like.

Romans 15:13 says,
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

That’s the kind of hope this candle represents.

If you’re walking through a tough season, I “hope” you know — God is near. He is not finished. He is still working.

✨ HOPE Candle — Fundraiser Details
• $20 each
• $12 Flat Rate shipping
• Hand-poured, intentional, and created to uplift
• A beautiful way to spread hope, encouragement, and God’s light

✨ How to Order
Send payment via Venmo to Godwinkco
Email ashley@godwinkco.com with:
• Your full name
• Shipping address
• Number of candles ordered

Grab one (or seven 😉) and spread hope to the people around you. Be a light. Make a difference. ✨

17/02/2026

Today’s testimony is one that still brings me to my knees in gratitude. It’s the story of how God met me in the middle of my brokenness, through the messy search for sobriety, the fear, the resistance, and the walls I built around my own heart.

This testimony is about the moment everything shifted…
The moment I realized God had been pursuing me long before I ever reached for Him.
The moment surrender became the doorway to peace, healing, and a life I never believed was possible.

If my story reaches even one person who needs hope today, then sharing it is worth everything.

Almost two years ago, I walked through the doors of The Retreat absolutely despising the word God. I was proud, stubborn, and completely unwilling to attend AA meetings because the Big Book was full of God-language. I arrived a full-blown atheist. I wanted recovery but I wanted it on my own terms. And God was definitely not part of my plan.

But slowly, something softened. For the first time, I allowed myself to consider the possibility that maybe… maybe there was a God who could ease my mind, quiet the chaos, and help me fight an addiction I clearly could not control if I was willing to surrender.

One night, a guest speaker shared that she no longer needed medication for her anxiety and depression. She said that if we had the courage to fully surrender our will and our lives to God, this kind of freedom was possible. I was furious. I felt she had no right to say something like that no right to imply that someone like me could ever live without medication. To me, it felt reckless. And honestly, impossible.

But two months later, something happened that I never saw coming.

I walked into a church.
Me, the girl who hated God most of her life.
Me, the girl convinced she was allergic to humans.
Me, the girl who would spiral into panic even walking into a building alone.

But I felt called. And that day, I listened.
The parking lot was packed. My heart was pounding. Every instinct in me wanted to turn around. But I parked anyway. I walked in anyway.

There had to be six hundred people inside hugging, laughing, talking. And then something happened that I still cannot explain.

The moment I stepped through those chapel doors, every ounce of anxiety left my body.

And in my heart, I heard Him whisper:

“Ashley, you don’t have to carry these burdens alone anymore. Lay them at My feet, and I will carry them for you.”

That was my Step Three.
Not a sentence in a book. Not a concept.
But an encounter with the love of a God who saw me, knew me, and wanted my pain.
And now, twenty-three months later. I stand as living proof of what surrender can do.

The same girl who walked into The Retreat a full-blown atheist…The same girl who wanted nothing to do with God…Is now standing here talking about a God who saves, restores, and brings people back to life.

After battling PTSD, anxiety, and depression… after medication after medication… after self-medicating since age ten… I can tell you this with my whole heart:

Turning my will and my life over to the care of God changed everything.

And I want to close by sharing something I’ve learned about surrender because surrender doesn’t happen once. It comes in waves.

The first wave is the desperate one: “I have no idea how this will work, but my will has only caused pain, to myself and everyone around me.”

The second wave is the miracle stage. The “holy cow… He can actually do this” stage, where God shows up in ways you never imagined.

And the third wave is the hardest one: Life gets lifey. His voice feels quieter. Old instincts kick in telling us to take control again. But this is the pivotal moment for us as addicts. This is where we lean into Him a little more and we remind ourselves that even in the silence, if we surrender, He will carry us through.

Because surrender isn’t a one-time act. It’s a way of living. And it’s the only reason I’m standing here today.

13/02/2026

When we begin our story with ourselves, everything feels tangled. Our eyes fall first on our fears, our flaws, our limits.

But the story was never meant to begin with us.
It begins with God, the Author who sees the whole path long before we ever take a step.

And one of the greatest truths He teaches us is this:
God does not walk us around our fears, He walks us through them.

He leads us into the very places we once tried to avoid, not to overwhelm us, but to show us that His presence is stronger than anything hiding in the shadows.

He teaches us courage by staying close.
He teaches us trust by asking us to keep our eyes on Him instead of the waves.
He teaches us that victory isn’t found in escape,
but in walking forward with the One who never leaves our side.

God already sees the strength He planted in you.
He knows what you’re capable of with His hand over yours. Every assignment He gives is paired with His presence and that is where fear loses its power.

10/02/2026

Testimony Tuesday ⛓️‍💥

Today, I’m honored to share the powerful story of Julia S. Her testimony is raw, honest, and filled with the kind of truth that stops you in your tracks. She doesn’t shy away from the darkness she walked through or the God who met her there, even when she couldn’t see Him.

Julia’s words remind us that Jesus is never late, never absent, and never out of frame. That even in the places we think are too broken or too far gone, He is working resurrection.

Take a moment with this one. Let her story remind you that if God can breathe life into what felt hopeless, He can do it for anyone.

Here is Julia’s Tuesday Testimony:

“Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. Martha said to Jesus, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’”

- John 11:17-21

It isn’t that I didn’t believe in God. My family wasn’t Christian, my dad called all religion “hooey”, but we weren’t exactly against it either. I remember in elementary school being strangely drawn to the kids who talked about church. Aching for a cross necklace like theirs in the full-bodied way only children can ache for a coveted object. I heard that God was love. That he created, he sustained, he forgave. But not me. I wasn’t one of the lucky ones. That was a foundational fact in my life. For me, he was always slightly out of frame. Just a step too late. Always slightly unattainable. Lord, if you had been here.

When the sexual abuse started - Lord, if you had been here.
When I got drunk for the first time at 13 - Lord, if you had been here.
When at 15 I knelt on my bedroom floor with a box cutter against my wrist - Lord, if you had
been here.
In the addiction - Lord, if you had been here.
In the withdrawals - Lord, if you had been here.
In every moment I was scared, alone, overlooked, abused - Lord, if you had been here.

But the death of Lazarus was not a mistake. Jesus was not late, or preoccupied, or forgetful. He was doing something bigger than just curing a man of his illness. Physicians and prophets did
that. Only God himself resurrects. The death was real, the grief was real. The faith was real, the
resurrection real, the miracle real.

In my life, even the parts that still hurt to look at, God was never late, never forgetful, never out
of frame. Only He could work the miracles of sobriety, healing, and resurrection that I’ve
experienced in the past two years. That is a foundational fact in my life. The suffering was very real, and the blessings are too. His presence is too. He was in the hands of the paramedics who resuscitated me when I flatlined from alcohol
poisoning.

He was in the eyes and voices of everyone at my treatment center. Everyone who created the
first safe home I ever had. Everyone who heard me say I wanted sobriety, and believed me.
He kept my heart beating, my lungs breathing, my liver working through 13 years of addiction.
He has been in every single moment before and after I got sober, sustaining, forgiving, and
loving me. Hating what hurts me, without hating me for causing it as often as I have.

Now I get to spend my life experiencing the awe and vulnerability of loving and being loved. I
get to strive to be more like him and do his will, not to prove or earn anything, but because that’s
the correct response to recognizing the miracles that have taken place in my life, and who it is
that worked them.

If it happened to me, it can happen to anyone. Through genuine love. Through community. By
the grace of God. There is life on the other side of addiction, abuse, and despair. And it is so
much more beautiful than you could ask for or imagine.

“I shall not die but live, and recount the deeds of the Lord.”
- Psalm 118:17

02/02/2026

✨ Introducing Testimony Tuesday! ✨

We’re so excited to share a new weekly moment where our community comes together to lift up stories of God’s goodness. Every Tuesday, we’ll highlight a testimony that reflects His presence, His grace, and those unmistakable God Wink’s that remind us He is always near.

❤️ We would love to hear your story.

If God has moved in your life, big or small, your testimony could be the light someone else needs in their darkness.

Email your testimony to:
ashley@godwinkco.com
You can also include a photo if you’d like.
Totally optional, just share what you’re comfortable with!

Your story matters. Your voice matters. And together, we get to shine His glory by sharing how He has shown up in our lives.

✨ Every testimony is a reminder that God is still moving, still working, and still writing beautiful stories of

27/01/2026

My heart is so full today. We are so grateful to include these beautiful lip balms from Wild Crafted Kitchen MN in our care packages for men and women entering detox and treatment centers. It’s such a blessing to see God working through so many hands and hearts to bring hope and encouragement. 🤍🫶🏼

We still have more items to collect for the care packages, and our candle fundraiser is ongoing. Every donation and purchase helps us reach more people with love, support, and a reminder that they are not alone.

Thank you for being part of this mission and for helping us share a little light in someone’s journey. ✨

Today I am working on a special order going to a local non-profit, God Wink, they are working on raising money to send care packages to those in detox & treatment centers 🫶🏼

Our lip balms will be in each of the boxes that are given out! I am extremely honored to be apart of this!

Give them a follow and support their mission! 🤍

17/01/2026

Thank you to everyone who has given so far. Every donation, every candle purchase, every message of support. Because of your generosity, we were able to buy all the chapsticks for our care packages. It may seem small, but to the person receiving one in a detox or treatment center, it’s a reminder that someone cares. That they matter. That hope still reaches for them.

We still have more items to order before these care packages are complete, and we can’t do it without you. Each contribution helps us place light directly into someone’s hands during one of the hardest chapters of their life.

If you feel led, we are still accepting cash donations and candle purchases. Every candle is handmade with love, prayed over, and poured with the intention of shining hope into dark places.

To donate or order:
Venmo: Ashley-Schultz-3
Email: ashley@godwinkco.com

Thank you for being part of this mission. Thank you for showing up with open hands and open hearts. Together, we’re reminding people that they’re not forgotten and that light truly wins.

14/01/2026

This candle was named Promise as a quiet reminder of God’s faithfulness.

Inspired by 1 Corinthians 10:13, it reflects the truth that what we face is not unfamiliar to God — and never beyond His care. Scripture reminds us that He is faithful, that He will not allow us to be overcome, and that He always provides a way through, even in moments that feel heavy or uncertain.

At God Wink Co., we believe light carries meaning. Promise was created to gently remind hearts that they are seen, supported, and never walking alone. It represents hope rising, faith holding on, and God’s presence meeting us right where we are.

✨ Candle Details
• $20 per candle
• Flat-rate shipping: $12

✨ How to Order
Send payment via Venmo to Ashley-Schultz-3
Email ashley@godwinkco.com with:
• Your full name
• Shipping address
• Number of candles ordered

This is more than a candle.
It’s a reminder that God keeps His promises