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But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:5

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A Letter from your Guardian Angel

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

Greetings to you, my charge, in the name of The Lord our God and Creator Who lovingly assigned me to you. I am always happy when God sends me to do something really important in your life. Great joy filled my soul last week when I intervened in the car accident you almost had. You knew it was me, didn’t you? You felt the brush of my wings.

There are just a few things we need to clear up. I suppose it is odd for you to get a letter from me, your Guardian Angel, but I can’t wait any longer to serve this message to you.

I bring glorious good tidings of great joy. I know you can’t see me but you know I am there. Remember when your grandmother passed away and you felt my presence? Yes, that was me, sent by God to comfort and protect you. I am always with you. I am in the cool breeze on a hot day, the glint of light in the dark night and the comfort you feel while you praise Him.

I want you to know I am not in the little golden pin you see on lapels throughout your culture. I am surely not a trumpet toting porcelain figurine on the coffee table. I am a messenger and a protector for
you. Everything I do is by command of God.

I am very old according to your standards and I have been there with you through every trial and every joy. I was there to hear your borning cry and I will be there the day you leave earth. I am fascinated with
you and the relationship you have with Jesus, it is really awesome.

Sometimes I ponder as you go about your daily business if you really know me or what it is you think of me. I am concerned that you truly must understand who I am and why God created me. I want you to
know God’s truth about angels. I want you to know me because I will be a part of your eternal environment.

I am eternal and I am always pointing you in the right direction-toward God. Remember how we sang when Jesus was born. We were pointing you to Him then and every Christmas since.

As an angel I already know the fullness of heaven. Someday, my beloved, you will experience it with me.

Angels do God’s perfect will and we do so gladly. You can find everything you need to know about me in God’s Holy Word. Don’t pray to me, pray to Him. Worship Him, we do. God is sovereign and only He is worthy of worship. And for heaven’s sake don’t set me up as an idol. Talk about uncomfortable—that really gets under my wings. I am just a ministering spirit sent by God to serve the redeemed.

Some humans see us from time to time and some do not. As wonderful as it would be to be visible in your presence God has given you something better. He has given you the greatest gift of all. His absolute presence through His Holy Spirit.

I am far more involved in your world than you realize. That is why I am writing these letters. I want you know me and the amazing things God’s Word tells you about me and my kind. God is not One to waste Bible space on things that are not important. He wants you to know who we are and what we do. Reading His Word will bring you closer to Him, and that is what I want for you. His Word has over 300 references to my kind. He created us for very special purposes. We get the big jobs and we are
constantly at work.

Just think of some of the things we have done that are recorded in Scripture. The birth of John the Baptist was proclaimed by an angel to John’s father, Zacharias, much to his surprise. When the angel told Zacharias that he and Elizabeth would have a child well after their childbearing years, Zacharias doubted it could be so. The angel had to act quickly and caused him to be mute so he didn’t spoil the entire thing. That was one of our biggest accomplishments recorded in the Gospel of Luke Chapter 1. Not only did the angel have the task of foretelling John’s birth but that he would be the forerunner of the Messiah. What a message that was!

The announcement to Mary that she would be the mother of Jesus was made by no ordinary angel. Only the angel Gabriel could carry out such a task. Gabriel is a high ranking archangel and one of only three whose names have been given to you in Scripture.

Joseph, the husband of Mary, found himself in a difficult situation. He was legally engaged to a pregnant woman who said she had been impregnated by the Holy Spirit. Joseph was thinking seriously about running for the hills. Matthew 1:20 tells that while he thought on these things an angel appeared to him in a dream and told him the truth about Mary. The angel told Joseph Who Jesus was and that “He shall save His people from their sins”.

Long before Zacharias, Mary and Joseph the angel Gabriel came to the prophet Daniel. While Daniel was praying Gabriel appeared to him and testified to the coming Messiah.

All of these assignments were major task, all pointing the way to Jesus. And when Jesus was crucified and buried in the tomb, we were the ones who had the incredible privilege of rolling the stone away.

What a joyous message we brought that day, He is not here, He is risen!!!

God uses us as much today as He did then. We have never stopped working for the redeemed. Angels don’t preach, we bring messages and assist those who do carry the gospel. Look how we helped Paul and Peter. We continue to do the same today. There are millions and trillions of testimonies to our work with missionaries and with those who carry the gospel to the lost.

One last thing before I close, when you die you will not be an angel. You will still be the redeemed. You will have songs to sing that we can’t sing, but I will be there to rejoice with you. I will be there when you pass from time to eternity.

 Remember the story of the blind beggar, Lazarus? We carried him to heaven, and we will carry you, too.

I love Matthew 25:31 “when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him,” Actually, I can’t wait for this day and we are in constant preparation. You should be too.

In closing, my beloved, remember to worship and pray to God. Only the Creator is worthy of worship, not the created. Prepare for the coming again of your Savior Jesus Christ and listen to the Holy Spirit within you. I will be with you. I think you are wonderful.

Angel kisses from heaven,

Your Guardian Angel

Angel Rescue from Coffee Camp

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

After reading Joan Anderson’s Underwater Rescue I began to reflect on a story similiar to an incident that happened in my husband’s life. In 1995, my husband, then boyfriend took a trip with his family to Coffe Camp in California. They were viewing the waterfalls and suddenly mu husband slipped into the waterfall. The water began to beet onto his head and push him under the water. He tried to pull himself up but could not. He was swimming gasping for air and still could not get up. (more…)

Underwater Rescue

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

Veronica Mulligan and her three friends, then all in their early 20’s, took off from work to travel across the country. “We were all from Throgs Neck, in the Bronx, New York,” Veronica says, and they hadn’t visited the western part of the country. “Upon arriving at Yellowstone National Park, we met the Ranger in the welcome booth and found out he was from Long Island,” Veronica says. “Of course we all became friends and that afternoon he took us swimming in the park, in a place where you are not supposed to go, an off-limits area.” (more…)

Smelling Incense

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

I received a call from a worker in Canada. We have had many Saint conversations and many God centered conversations. His favorite saying is: It is my job to take you to heaven. We are responsible for getting one another to heaven. We started to talk about feeding the hungary and Mother Teresa. At that point, I smelled an incense smell kind of like that in the Catholic Church. The smell was so strong. Then it went away. I knew that there was a spiritual meaning there. I know that this is a gift from God when he allows you to smell things of the spirit.
God, in the name of Jesus I ask that you reveal this smell that was so clear and strong. I believe in your power and I also believe in your gifts and revelations. Lord, please reveal to me things that are from you and your Holy presence. I thank you for your love and gifts.
In Jesus name we pray. Amen

Rising like Incense

Saturday, July 18th, 2009

It was twenty years ago and Joseph Homick was a novice in a Byzantine-rite Catholic monastery in Redwood Valley, California. His “obedience” that chilly autumn day was to chop down some heavy undergrowth in an area designated as a future building site. “We were extremely poor in those days,” says Joseph, “so for this task I was given a thoroughly-used and quite shabby-looking axe.” (more…)