Refer to Angels
Do you believe in Angels? If you ever ask me in person, my answer could be Yes.
In my previous post I said about one lesson I learned from a journal called Signs of the Times. The spotlight for this magazine this month is around Angels. After my read, I’d been intrigue via the introduction story from a lady named Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross who regard herself as a deist.
While supervising a relief effort to the terrible spring flood on the Mississippi River from the deck of the riverboat Mattie Bell, she encountered a stranger right before leaving from the river that was jammed with debris and submerged dangers. This unfamiliar 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 vessel had pulled away with the surplus passenger on board.
Sorry but I have to stop the story here. Will be continued in Refer to Angels #2. Have to aquire the best diet tablets to a friend. It is an fitness machine.
Okay, so the stranger was quickly forgotten, for they were sailing through a tragic scene. The river was thick with the puffed up bodies of livestock, men, women, and children, all floating toward the Gulf of Mexico. Near to sundown, Clara saw 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, started to pray.
The stranger’s voice interrupted her. “Within moments the steamboat will be in a deadly chasm,” he said. “The captain won’t listen to me. You have to command him to pull back right now!” There was something about the stranger’s tone that impressed Clara and she issued the order quickly. 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 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 protected the Mattie Bell.
Despite of the long article, I loved the way the story illustrates unseen guardian angels inside our lives. Okay, need to go with a buddy to look for prenatal vitamins. So happy for her despite how long we haven’t had the chance to meet.
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