Read on Angels
Do you have confidence in Angels? If you ask me individually, my answer would be Yes.
In my previous post I said on the subject of one lesson I learned in a magazine called Signs of the Times. The spotlight for this magazine this month talks about Angels. After my read, I had been intrigue by the introduction story from a lady named Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross who regard herself to be a deist.
While supervising a relief effort for one terrible spring flood on the Mississippi River on the deck on the riverboat Mattie Bell, she encountered a stranger right before leaving from the river that was jammed with debris and submerged dangers. This unknown person was insisting on boarding the Mattie Bell. Clara had a lack of time for sightseers and denied the permission. But by the moment she’d sent that order, the watercraft had pulled away with the surplus passenger on board.
Sorry but I have to stop the story here. Is going to be continued in Refer to Angels #2. Have to get the most effective weight loss pills for a friend. It is an exercise machine.
Okay, so the stranger was soon forgotten, for people were sailing via a tragic scene. The water was thick with the puffed up bodies of livestock, men, women, and children, all floating in the direction of the Gulf of Mexico. Close to sundown, Clara came across the stranger. Darkness fell and the watercraft was enveloped in a heavy fog that left them navigating the debris-filled river blind. Clara was terrified and notwithstanding herself, began to pray.
The stranger’s voice interrupted her. “Within moments the steamboat is going to be in a deadly crevasse,” he said. “The captain won’t listen to me. You ought to command him to pull back right now!” There was something about the stranger’s tone that impressed Clara and she issued the order without delay. 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 so they could thank him but “he” is nowhere to be found. Until she died, Clara Barton believed that an angel had preserved the Mattie Bell.
In spite of of the huge article, I loved the way the story illustrates unseen guardian angels within our lives. Okay, need to go with a friend to search for prenatal vitamins. So happy for her despite how much time we haven’t had the opportunity to meet.
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