Read on Angels
Do you believe in Angels? In case you ask me personally, my answer could be Yes.
In my previous post I mentioned on the subject of one lesson I learned from a magazine called Signs of the Times. The spotlight for this magazine this month is around Angels. After my read, I’d 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 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 stranger was insisting on boarding the Mattie Bell. Clara had little time for sightseers and denied the permission. But by the period she’d sent that order, the vessel had pulled away with the unwanted passenger on board.
Sorry but I should stop the storyline here. Is going to be continued in Study Angels #2. Have to aquire the top weight loss pills for a friend. It is an fitness machine.
Okay, so the stranger was soon forgotten, for they were sailing via 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. Near 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, started to pray.
The stranger’s voice disrupted her. “Within moments the steamboat is going to be in a fatal chasm,” he said. “The captain won’t take notice of me. You have to command him to pull back at once!” There was something concerning stranger’s tone that impressed Clara and she issued the order without delay. The captain anchored on the other side of the river.
At dawn, everybody saw the death they had narrowly escaped. How had the stranger known? Clara asked her staff to search for him so they could thank him but “he” is nowhere to be found. Until she died, Clara Barton considered that an angel had preserved the Mattie Bell.
In spite of of the huge article, I loved how the story illustrates unseen guardian angels within our lives. Okay, need to go with a buddy to find prenatal vitamins. So happy for her despite how much time we haven’t had the chance to see.
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