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Entertaining Angels Two :)

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“For it is written: “ ‘He will command his angels concerning you to guard you carefully”-Luke 4:10

Several years ago, I was parked at the mall. There was a huge, huge, hairy spider in my CD holder. (Yes CD holder :). And then somehow it got in my coffee cup!

Now anyone who knows me, knows that I used to be deathly afraid of spiders. I can’t say why; it was just my fear. Some might say a spider – phobia, lol…I honestly did not know what to do. I screwed up all of my courage and grabbed the coffee mug by the handle and threw it on the ground.

But then I truly didn’t know what to do! I was parked in the mall and leaving it on the ground just did not seem right, but there was also no way I was going to pick that mug up again with the spider in it.

All of a sudden, I saw an old man walking quickly towards me. And yet, I really couldn’t see where he was coming from. The area that he was walking from had no cars parked! He stopped in front of me and picked up the mug and shook out the spider and handed it to me. He never spoke a word. And then he just walked quickly on, but there were no cars in that direction either.

I got back in my car and thanked God for rescuing me 🙂

And I remembered my friend’s words from many years ago about Entertaining Angels :). “”you never know when you are entertaining angels”.

Prepare, Pray & Be Ready!

Entertaining Angels :)

” For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways”- Psalms 91:11

Many years ago, I sat with a very close friend. We were praying for one of my children. My child had been very sick and the doctors felt that my child’s kidneys had been effected very badly. Like any other mom, I was very worried and scared for my child.

My friend sat with me, praying with me. And then she said something that seemed strange at the time. She said that “you never know when you are entertaining angels”.

A few days later I was at the market getting dinner to cook for that night. There was a very elderly gentleman getting into a very, very old car. He opened the car door and sat down with it open. He looked too tired to close the door.

I hesitated a moment, he was a stranger and I didn’t want to interfere where I shouldn’t. I also didn’t want to hurt his pride. Finally I walked over there and asked him if there was anyone that I could call or could I take him anywhere. But he said no, he thanked me and drove off. As I stood there for a few minutes, I remembered what my friend had said about Entertaining Angels. I stood there a few more minutes praying for him. I just wanted to be sure he was okay.

The next day I had to take my child back to the doctor, we needed to plan next steps. But the specialist said something I wasn’t expecting. Let’s wait.

From that moment, my child got better. All of my child’s problems and illnesses were cured. I took him back to the doctor a few months later and my child’s tests were perfect. The blood test that had indicated my child had an autoimmune disease was negative and the marker for it never showed up again!

Angels, at God’s direction, do watch other us. Miracles do happen. Don’t every give up. Just keep praying and keep believing 🙂

Prepare, Pray & Believe 🙂

Entertaining Angels :)

^“Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”-Hebrews 13:2

One of my very best friends once said to me that “you never know when you are entertaining angels”. What a beautiful image! I asked her what she meant and she explained ?

She said so often as we rush through our days, we forget to take the time to smile at someone who really needs it, or to truly listen to someone. To help that elderly person with their groceries or thank someone for their kindness.

She said not only could angels minister to us; they minister to others and that sometimes while performing their service they can take on the shape of a human being temporarily. So anyone we might meet in the course of our day could be an angel.

I thought about that one for a long time. And I realized she was right. Really, how would I know if any one I met was an angel?

But It also made me think about how I treat others period. How many times had I raced into the grocery store, stood impatiently in line and failed to reach out to anyone? How many times had I seen an elderly person struggle to put their groceries in the car, and felt to busy to help them? How many times had I listened to someone with only half an ear? How many times had I failed to thank someone?

“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”-Matthew 6:19-21

And I resolved then and there, with God’s Help, to change.

And “With God All Things Are Possible” 🙂

While There Is Much Too Fear From The Last Days-There Is Also Much To Hope In!

“ And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.”-Daniel 12:1 KJV

Much has been written about the Last Days. But even in the passages that strike great fear in even the most faithful, there are passages of hope.

Such is the case in Daniel 12:1. We are the “children of the people” that this passage talks about. Archangel Michael comes to “stand for us”, to protect to us. Sent by God Himself because He loves us. Clearly there will be times of great trouble, but our Lord will not forget His people-nor their faith in Him.

And we will “be delivered”, for those who have truly accepted Jesus as their Savior WILL be “written in the book”. So hang in there!

Prayers will still be heard and answered. And God will still love us. And we will go to Heaven. Even in the Last Days.