Refer to Angels
Do you have confidence in Angels? If you ask me personally, my answer could be Yes.
In my previous post I said on the subject of a lesson I learned in a journal called Signs of the Times. The spotlight of the 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 to the terrible spring flood on the Mississippi River on the deck on the riverboat Mattie Bell, she encountered a stranger just before leaving from the river that was jammed with debris and submerged dangers. This stranger was insisting on boarding the Mattie Bell. Clara had little time for sightseers and denied the permission. But by the time she’d sent that order, the watercraft had pulled away with the surplus passenger on board.
Sorry but I should stop the storyline here. Will be continued in Refer to Angels #2. Have to get the top weight loss supplements to a friend. It’s an fitness machine.
Okay, so the stranger was quickly forgotten, for they were sailing through 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 noticed the stranger. Darkness fell and the watercraft was enveloped in a deep fog that left them navigating the debris-filled river blind. Clara was terrified and notwithstanding herself, began to pray.
The stranger’s voice disrupted her. “Within moments the steamboat is going to be in a fatal crevasse,” he said. “The captain won’t take notice of me. You must command him to pull back immediately!” There was something about the stranger’s tone that impressed Clara and she issued the order at once. 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 find him so they could thank him but “he” is nowhere to be found. Until she died, Clara Barton supposed that an angel had protected the Mattie Bell.
In spite of of the long article, I loved how 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 long we haven’t had the chance to meet.
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