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Barbara's Angel Story

Awhile back, I included a Beliefnet interview with Joan Wester Anderson as a second post after my video on guardian angels. On the message board of that interview, Beyond Blue reader Barbara shared this story:

I don't know why things happen as they do, but I do know when I am in control and when something/someone else is.
Example: My son and I were very poor, and we were just sitting and relaxing. Our joke was always, "if we ever get extra money, we will go shopping at the mall." Well, no extra money, no mall.

On this relaxing day, I suddenly knew I was to head toward the mall. "Come on, we must go to the mall." My son never questioned my actions, so into the car and toward the mall.

As I approached a yellow light, which I usually run, I saw a rag.

"Look at the rag in the street," I said.

The light was about to change, and I saw that the rag was a child. I jumped out of the car, and ran to the child. I took a second to decide what to do: it is a criminal offense if I hurt the child in trying to help him.

Then, without waiting, I picked the child up just as the cars were coming at us, and went to the sidewalk. The child was unconscious.

Soon the parents came. The child had fallen out of their car and they didn't miss him for awhile.

They called an ambulance, and my son and I returned.

I knew in my heart that we were never to go to the mall. We were to be at that light just before red turned to green and the cars crushed the child.

His angel was on duty, I have no doubt in this at all. This was out of my character, so it was not anything that could be explained away with something I do on a normal basis.

Two Traveling angels

Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night
in the home of a wealthy family.

The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guest room.

Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement.

As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it.

When the younger angel asked why, the older angel replied, ”Things aren't always what they seem."

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife.

After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest.

When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears.

Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field.

The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how could you have let this happen?

The first man had everything, yet you helped him, she accused.

The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die.

"Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel replied.

"When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall.

Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn't find it."

"Then last night as we slept in the farmers bed, the angel of death came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead.

” Things aren't always what they seem "

Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things don't turn out the way they should. If you have faith, you just need to trust that every out come is always to your advantage. You just might not know it until some time later...

...............................Ooooo
Some people............( )
come into our lives...) /
and quickly go.........(_ /

ooooO
( ) Some people
\ ( become friends
\_ ) and stay awhile....

Leaving beautiful Ooooo
footprints on our ..( )
hearts.....................) /
.............................( _/

ooooO
( ) and we are
\ ( never
\_ ) quite the same
because we have
made a good
friend!!

Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow a mystery.
Today is a gift.
That's why it's called the present!

I think this is special...
live and savor every moment...
This is not a dress rehearsal!

Calling All Angels

Angels want to surround us and help us. Here are some ways to call the angels in.

BY: Doreen Virtue

Reprinted from "Angel Therapy" by Doreen Virtue, Hay House, Inc.

Sometimes, I'll see people whom an entourage of angels surrounds. I always stop them and ask whether they purposely called the angels. Always, the answer I hear is, "Yes, I asked to be surrounded by angels." The more we call upon the angels, the more they can come to our assistance. Angels want to surround us, and they greatly desire to give us help. Our joy brings them enormous pleasure. Yet, they cannot help us unless we ask. A universal law that binds angels says, "No angel shall interfere with a human's life unless asked, with the sole exception of a life-threatening emergency. An angel will not make decisions for a human, but-when asked-an angel may offer advice and different ways of looking at the given situation."

So an angel may nudge you or encourage you, and an angel may create a miraculous coincidence for you. However, an angel cannot help you unless you choose to accept the help, because you have free will.

To ask for angelic assistance, you needn't conduct a formal invocation ceremony. God and the angels aren't complicated, due to their true nature of pure and simple love. Only our lower-self ego believes that spirituality is necessarily complicated, because it cannot believe that something so powerful and great could be accessible to everyone instantly. Yet, it's true.

The angels hear the prayers of your heart, and just by your mental cry for help, they flock to your side. You can also consciously ask for more angels to surround you or your loved one. Parents can ask for angelic baby-sitters to guide and protect their children throughout the day. If a loved one is traveling, ask Raphael and the angels to watch over the journey. Ask the angels to help your friends who are in need of comfort and direction.

Some ways to call upon the angels include:

Writing a letter to the angels. Pour out your heart when discussing your confusions, hurts, and anxieties. Hold nothing back, so that the angels can help every part of you and your situation.

Visualizing. Call it your inner eye, your imagination, or your third eye-the term doesn't matter. Visualizing angels is a powerful way to call them to your side. See the angels flying in circles around you or your loved ones. See powerful angels thronged by your side. See the room you are in crowded with thousands of angels. These visualizations are angelic invocations that create your reality. Angels are glowing with the light of love, so they don't have a physical form. However, angels can take on a physical appearance by projecting a mental image to us, if this will help us. So if you visualize cherubs, large glowing beings, or a beautifully dressed angelic woman, the angels will take on this form to help you recognize them.

Mentally calling upon angels. Think, Angels, please help me, and they are with you instantly. If you are sincere in your call, the angels hear your mental cry for assistance. You can word your request as an affirmation, such as "I have hundreds of angels surrounding me now," or as a petitional prayer: "Angels, I am in pain and need your help now." You can ask God to send you angels, or you can call the angels directly.

Speaking to angels aloud. You can verbalize your request, and sometimes we do this unconsciously, such as when we say, "Oh, God" during distress. You might find that spending time alone in a quiet setting, especially outdoors in nature, is a wonderful opportunity to have a verbal conversation with the angels.

Call On Your Guardian Angels

Find divine protectors in two minutes.

BY: Doreen Virtue

Guardian angels are always around to comfort and carry you through the day. You can contact angels any time and any place. All you need is a few minutes to breathe and let the angels calm your thoughts.

Meditation Transcript

We begin by taking in a very deep breath and inhaling all of the good energy from the angels and on the exhale, letting go of anything that could be stressing or bothering us.

Just letting it go. (Exhale)

And as we continue to breathe in and out very deeply, we call upon your guardian angels and the archangels to make their presence known.

And perhaps you can feel them around your shoulders, your head, your heart, or other parts of your body, feeling them as a tingling or warmth or just a feeling generally of safety and peace.

And even if you can’t exactly feel them right at this moment, know that they are with you and ready and willing to help you with whatever will bring you peace. So if you think of a question that you have for the angels or any requests for their help, and just take a moment and mentally ask this of your angel, now.

[Pause]

Beautiful.

And we let this question, this request, go to your angels.

We let go of any worries about how your prayer will be answered and we trust in the infinite wisdom of the divine infinite mind of God, who gives all messages to you and from you through these beautiful, glorious angels.

We ask the angels to surround you with extra insulation of protective love, helping you all throughout the day to have glorious experiences, wonderful new experiences and opportunities, and just feel the peace of God within your heart and your mind, today.

Angels on Canvas

From the famous cherubs of Raphael (seen above) to the sensuously draped angels of Abbott Thayer, artists have imagined and depicted angels in unique ways throughout history.

While we don't know all the artists behind these amazing paintings, we have collected some of the best for your enjoyment.