Study Angels
Do you have confidence in Angels? In case you ask me personally, my answer could be Yes.
In my previous post I pointed out about one lesson I learned from a magazine called Signs of the Times. The highlight of the 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 to the terrible spring flood on the Mississippi River from the deck on the riverboat Mattie Bell, she encountered a stranger just before departure 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 time she’d sent that order, the ship had pulled away with the surplus passenger on board.
Sorry but I must stop the story here. Is going to be continued in Study Angels #2. Need to get the best diet tablets to a friend. It’s an fitness machine.
Okay, so the stranger was quickly forgotten, for people were sailing through a tragic scene. The stream was thick with the bloated 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. Night fell and the ship 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 interrupted her. “Within moments the steamboat will be in a dangerous chasm,” he said. “The captain won’t take notice of me. You have to command him to pull back immediately!” There was something in the stranger’s tone that impressed Clara and she issued the order immediately. The captain anchored on the other side of the river.
At dawn, everyone saw the death they had narrowly escaped. How had the stranger known? Clara asked her staff to search 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 preserved the Mattie Bell.
Despite of the long article, I loved how the story illustrates unseen guardian angels in our lives. Okay, need to go with a friend to find prenatal vitamins. So happy for her despite how much time we haven’t had the chance to meet.
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