Angles With Us

I don’t believe I have shared this before. We were recently watching a sermon by David Jeremiah. It was about how important angels were concerning our Savior’s birth and throughout His life. At the end to the sermon pastor Jeremiah asked if angels were with us today. The answer is of course they are but only some people have seen them. This made me think about events that happened nine years ago. On May 4^th, 2003, I was blessed to see an angel.

A tornado had ravaged Stockton, MO that evening. My father-in-law, Joe, lived about four miles east of where the tornado stopped. Sheryl and I had called the sheriff’s department to check on the situation and were told Stockton had been wiped out. We immediately drove to Joe’s house, hoping for the best. As we approached the farm, I saw that the yard light was on. I told Sheryl everything’s ok, I see the light. As it turned out, Joe had gone to bed and didn’t know just how close the tornado had come to the farm. His electricity had been knocked out and instead of sitting in the dark, he had turned in.

The next morning we drove around Stockton staring in disbelief at all the damage. Where an apartment building had been was only rubble, but there undisturbed were a closet full of clothes hanging there like nothing had happened.

After returning to the farm, we stayed a while longer then decided to head home. As we were saying our goodbyes, something occurred to me. I asked Joe when the electricity gets knocked out, does it affect the yard light or is it on a different circuit. Joe said when the electricity goes out it affects everything, including the yard light.

A feeling came over me and gave me goose bumps. The previous night, I had not seen the yard light shining in the darkness because there was no electricity. I truly believe what I saw was an angel sent by God to watch over Joe and his home.