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They come to us as strong, invisible arms or a comforting voice. Sometimes they make their presence known through a warm, peaceful feeling. And perhaps they may even appear as a gruff stranger who nonetheless comes to our aid in time of distress. At least that's the testimony of these readers who responded to the recent article, "Do You Have a Guardian Angel" with their own stories of encounters with what they believe to be angelic beings:
Saved
from an Explosion
I am 15 and I had an
angel encounter - and he or she saved me. I was lighting the garbage barrel at
my house, having no idea there was an aerosol can in the garbage bag. I lit the
fire and played around a little. I went back to check the fire and I heard a
hissing sound. The next thing I knew, I felt hands around me throwing me to the
ground. My entire family was inside the house cleaning. I know in my heart my
guardian angel was the one who saved me.
- Tedd Cherry
Incredible
Rescue from an Accident
When I was 23 years
old, I accepted a new job that was a tremendous amount of responsibility. I was
stressed out because my supervisor was acting like I wasn't doing a good enough
job and I was working as hard as I could. My husband and I had just purchased a
new home. This was another stress since financially we were really strapped and
I couldn't afford to lose my job.
One morning I was getting ready for work and was drying my hair. A strange thought came into my mind: Wouldn't it be hard to dry your hair with one arm? I was running late and jumped into my car. Being a seat belt user all my life, I thought I would wait until I get off of our street and pull up onto the highway to put on my belt. It was only a short way. Then I thought: Oh, what the heck. What difference will a few seconds make? I'd better belt up, and I did.
Being stressed and in a hurry, I raced up to the stop sign on our street. The ramp onto the highway was on an incline. I looked left then right quickly. There were some big vehicles parked on the left side, so I didn't see the oncoming truck! When I pulled out to turn left onto the highway, I looked right into a semi-truck coming at me broadside! My heart almost stopped and I thought to myself, "This is it. You are going to die today!" I ducked down to the side in my car. The crash was unavoidable. My fear was horrible.
Then I felt a presence there in the car with me. It told me that everything would be alright, and I felt a tremendous peace and warmth. I felt that if I would have looked beside me I would have seen an angel. Next thing I knew I was being taken to the hospital. Amazing to everyone, the only real injuries I had were a broken arm and several bruises.
My husband later took me to see my car - and this is really weird. The truck that hit me was carrying 40,981 pounds of steel, but the driver jackknifed his load or it would have completely smashed my car and me. When he hit my door broadside, it knocked my bench seat lose and pushed it out the passenger door with me on it! My seat belt should have torn me in half at that point; however, it was as if someone had sliced it off at the bottom by the door with a sharp knife. So I stayed on the seat minus the belt and went out the passenger door on the seat!
| I know there was an angel there that day because of all the things that could and should have happened but didn't. I still had unfinished business here on earth. |
My husband said the seat belt must have held me long enough to keep me from getting injured, but was cut off just in time to let me go out the door on the seat. He commented on the belt being so sharply cut off at the bottom and the load of steel being jackknifed. It was amazing to us.
I know there was an angel there that day because of all the things that could and should have happened but didn't. At that time I didn't have any children. Today I tell my children that they are the reason I am here. God decided to send an angel down because I was supposed to have my children and still had unfinished business here on earth.
I had to be off work for
about two weeks, and my supervisor stepped in to do my job. She was nice to me
when I came back to work because she said she had no idea of the work load I
had. She commented that she was surprised I could keep up with it at all and
decided to give me some extra help with things. That was another weird thing
about this accident. If it hadn't happened I don't think my supervisor would
have ever understood where I was coming from at work or that I was doing the
best I could. I know today there are angels because the presence I felt that day
was so calming. Sometimes I think if it hadn't been there, I would have died
from fear and shock. It helps me today when I think about it, knowing there is a
higher being in times of need.
- Summer T.
Heavenly
Comfort
I know my daughter
has a particularly strong guardian angel. When I was pregnant, I had what was
considered a "high risk" pregnancy. My blood pressure was a bit high
for my doctor's comfort, plus I developed gestational diabetes. It wasn't until
after my daughter was born that my doctor told me she had expected me to
miscarry before the fifth month.
| Somehow, I knew that this glorious being wasn't there for my benefit, but for my developing daughter. |
Early on in the pregnancy, I was sitting on our couch one evening, following doctor's orders for bed rest. I was alone that night as my husband was working the late shift. As I watched television, I felt this comforting, warm presence fill our apartment. It almost felt like my husband was home, though he wasn't. I remember basking in the feeling. It was so loving, so peaceful, so warm. Then a part of me realized the presence was female, and that it was definitely a high-level spiritual being. I could see it in my mind, though it didn't appear human to me. It took on a form that I was familiar with in my religion, and that made me feel even better about its presence. Somehow, I knew that this glorious being wasn't there for my benefit, but for my developing daughter. That made me love this being - this angel, if you will - even more, for she was going to make sure my daughter was born healthy.
To this day, I bless that
angel for being there. My daughter is very healthy, and I know her guardian
angel helped me through the roughest spots in my pregnancy.
- Patricia
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