Study Angels
Do you have confidence in Angels? In case you ask me in person, my answer would be Yes.
In my previous post I pointed out about a lesson I learned from a magazine called Signs of the Times. The spotlight for this magazine this month talks about Angels. After my read, I was intrigue by the introduction story from a lady named Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross who regard herself like a deist.
While supervising a relief effort for one terrible spring flood on the Mississippi River from the deck on the riverboat Mattie Bell, she encountered a stranger prior to leaving from the river that was jammed with debris and submerged dangers. This unknown person was insisting on boarding the Mattie Bell. Clara had little time for sightseers and denied the permission. But by the moment she’d sent that order, the ship had pulled away with the surplus passenger on board.
Sorry but I must stop the story here. Will be continued in Read on Angels #2. Need to get the most effective weight loss pills to a friend. It is an fitness machine.
Okay, so the stranger was soon forgotten, for they were sailing via a tragic scene. The water was thick with the bloated bodies of livestock, men, women, and children, all floating toward the Gulf of Mexico. Close to sundown, Clara saw the stranger. Darkness fell and the vessel was enveloped in a heavy fog that left them navigating the debris-filled river blind. Clara was terrified and in spite of herself, began to pray.
The stranger’s voice disrupted her. “Within moments the steamboat will be in a mortal crevasse,” he said. “The captain won’t pay attention to me. You ought to command him to pull back at once!” There was something about the stranger’s tone that impressed Clara and she issued the order quickly. The captain anchored on the opposite side of the river.
At dawn, every person saw the death they had narrowly escaped. How had the stranger known? Clara asked her staff to look for him in order that they could thank him but “he” is nowhere to be found. Until she died, Clara Barton believed that an angel had saved the Mattie Bell.
Despite of the long article, I loved the way the story illustrates unseen guardian angels within our lives. Okay, need to go with a pal to find prenatal vitamins. So happy for her despite how much time we haven’t had the chance to see.
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