"ENCOUNTERS WITH ANGELS" > Page 1, 2, 3
Three
Times Blessed
When I was 13, my
cousin convinced me to play "dodge the cars" and when I tried it, I fell in front
of one of the cars. When I opened my eyes, the front tire was about a half an
inch from my face. The driver was in shock and kept saying, "How did the
car stop in time?" The man who pulled him from the car testified that the
car was in drive and his foot was on the gas pedal when he got to him. I believe
my guardian angel stopped that car and let me hear what those men were saying so
I would know how close I came to death.
Another incident occurred when my son was born. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck several times and we almost lost him during the birth process. When he was in the nursery, the nurse was charting on the 20-odd babies born that night, when she heard a voice say, "Look up." She did, but didn't see anything unusual, so she went back to charting. Then the voice said, "Look at the Beck baby." She walked over to my son and he had already started turning purple and was not breathing. She was able to get help to him in time to save his life, but she couldn't figure out who it was that told her to check on him, since she was alone at the nurse station at the time.
The third event was when my
daughter was 16. She developed a severe throat infection complicated by
mononucleosis, and nothing the doctor tried was helping. This went on for five
and a half months until one day I had had enough and decided to lay hands on her
and pray a prayer of faith for her healing. She joined me in the prayer, and
while we were praying she looked up and saw a man kneeling beside me with one
hand on my shoulder and the other stretched to heaven, praying with us. When she
blinked her eyes, he was gone, and that night she started recovering. Thank you,
Lord, that I still have both of my children.
- Jeruseric
| The lady driving the car said that she had suddenly slowed down, but wasn't sure why. |
Someone's
Watching Over My Family
I have had several
experiences with guardian angels. The first was when I was 16 years old. I
totaled my 1972 Pinto at 10:00 p.m. on a lonely stretch of highway coming home
from my aunt's house. I had been at the beach all day, and I guess I just fell
asleep at the wheel. I still don't remember all of the accident. After crashing
into a culvert in a six-foot-deep ditch, my car bounced back onto the side of
the road just as if I had merely pulled over. I remember "waking up"
and knowing that I had to get help. The next thing I remember is being in the
middle of the road (I knew this because there was a double yellow line between
my feet). I started to scream because I saw headlights coming down the road.
Then someone grabbed me from behind. The person who grabbed me was an older man
who lived off of the road a-ways and who had heard my crash. The car I saw
coming was a state policeman (who knew my mom because she worked at the
courthouse) and a town cop (boyfriend to one of my friends). They radioed for an
ambulance, and just a few seconds later an ambulance from the next county
stopped by. They were on their way home from another run and agreed to take me,
even though they were not supposed to. I got to the hospital in less than 20
minutes after the accident. I had split my entire forehead across; my skull was
exposed. I had a severe concussion and bruises all over my chest and abdomen due
to the steering wheel. My sisters, who were in the car with me, suffered from
minor cuts and bruises. None of us were wearing seat belts. If not for an angel
watching over me that night, I would have bled to death out there on that
country road. I thank God every day for his help.
Many years later (in February, 1996), my youngest son, then just over two years old, ran out into the road from behind an illegally parked car near a handicapped ramp. I was coming down the ramp with a double stroller containing my twins, and he slipped by me. Before I could get to him, I saw him run out and a car hit him. He is small for his age, so that put the point of contact with his head hitting the bumper of the car. I felt like everything was in slow motion at that moment, but I saw the back "X" of his overalls lift up. Instead of going under the car, he whipped around and fell away from the car. His face was bruised and scraped, and he suffered from a mild concussion, but he went home from the ER later on that night. The lady driving the car said that she had suddenly slowed down, but wasn't sure why. She was still a block away from her turnoff. I know that an angel kept him from being killed that day.
The next time I saw an angel
in action was in the summer of 2000. I had left a store with all six of my kids
and was walking to our van. I did not know that one of the twins, then three
years old, had stayed on the sidewalk because she was angry with me. When I
turned around, I saw her start to run across the parking lot to me at the same
time that a Jeep came speeding by. I screamed. At that moment, it was as if she
hit an invisible wall. Her hands went up and her head turned to the side as she
stopped. She missed the Jeep by only inches. The driver of the Jeep did not even
see her and had no knowledge that she was almost hit. I think my family's
guardian angels have been working overtime, but I thank the Lord that they are
watching over us all the time.
- Sharli B.
| All of a sudden, I felt someone take the palms of their hands and place them against the center of my back. As soon as I had this realization I felt the hands PUSH ME INTO THE GARAGE! And out I went! |
Shoved
from Harm by Unseen Hands
My guardian angel
has helped me several times in ways that saved my life. Here is one of those
incidents: I was by myself at work, as usual. I had just arrived to do some work
in the interior of an empty home in a nice neighborhood. The garage door was
open and my vehicle was parked halfway in. The door to the laundry room was the
entrance into the home from the garage. I heard a knock at the laundry room door
and went to see who was there. No one should have been knocking, that is for
sure! I opened the door and there stood a clean, polite man in a business suit.
He asked if Arnie was there. I said, "No, Ernie is not home. He
moved." I thought it was strange that this man did not know the renter's
correct name. Something kept telling me to STEP INTO THE GARAGE. And yet I kept
telling myself that I should not step into the garage with a stranger. I thought
the doorway of this home would be safer. I continued to disobey the repeated
inner voice to STEP INTO THE GARAGE! Then, all of a sudden, I felt someone take
the palms of their hands and place them against the center of my back. As soon
as I had this realization I felt the hands PUSH ME INTO THE GARAGE! And out I
went! The "businessman" suddenly decided to leave. I talked to Ernie a
few days later and he had no idea who the man was. My guardian angel knew. I
believe the man came there to physically hurt me and he needed to get inside to
do it. His plans were foiled once my angel pushed me into the garage and within
the sight and sound of any neighbors who might see us. The garage door was open.
The garage was also 90 percent empty, which would allow my voice to carry if I
had to scream. And I have learned to "listen" to the still, small
voice. My safety that day came by being out in the open in view of the general
public, rather than behind the door of a vacant house!
- Faye P.
"I
Should Have Been Dead"
I was driving to
work one morning. I had to take my wife's car because my truck was needed at her
work to move some furniture. I had to stop by the lumber yard to order some
doors, so I went to work via a different route than I normally would have. After
I left the lumber yard, I was driving on this street and passed through one
intersection, and when I got to the second one it was a red light, so I started
to slow down. There were some cars already there waiting for the change of the
light, but the center lane was open. I looked over my shoulder and changed lanes
so I could be the first one in that lane. As I approached the intersection, the
Beatles were on the radio singing "Good Day Sunshine," and I thought
it was going to be a nice day. As I arrived at the intersection the light turned
green, so I downshifted and started to drive through. No sooner had I entered
the intersection than I felt this warm feeling come over me. I also seemed to
see a bright light that was kind of fuzzy or hazy. I wasn't afraid though; I
actually felt very peaceful. I also noticed a vibration in the car. From that
point on, I don't remember anything until after the accident.
The people that I passed as
I entered the accident explained to me that as I passed them, a girl in a car
had run her red light coming from my right side and pushed me through the
intersection until I hit the curb on the opposite side and then the car flipped
up sideways into the light standard that was on the corner. The whole side of my
car was smashed in and the roof was caved in where the pole hit it just behind
my head. I never wear seat belts and I would surmise after having seen the car
that I should have been dead. I only knew I had been in an accident after it was
over and I could see that there was no glass left in the vehicle and the roof
was compressed down to my shoulders. I was helped out through a window opening
by one of the people I passed as I drove through the intersection. I was so
moved by that experience that I began doing some research on angels, and today I
am certain that these beings exist and there is a very thin curtain between our
world and theirs. Do angels exist? You bet they do!
- Tom K.
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