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April 09, 2007
Angels in the Everyday
Another part of the Gethsemane sermon that stayed with me is how one passage mentions that an angel appeared to Jesus and strengthened him. The preacher spoke of how sometimes when we are going through our own Gethsemanes, angels appear to us in the form of people in our lives.
That happened to me today. I was walking around the neighborhood—getting some exercise, and thinking and praying about the problems of the day—when a couple women called out a friendly greeting as I approached.
I was stunned. I had actually stopped walking in the neighborhood because the people always seemed to look at me like I was a suspicious interloper and they were considering calling the police. My attempts to reach out to my neighbors had so far been met with indifference and suspicion. I've lived here in sunny Florida for just over six months now, and I still haven't made any friends here. Only very recently have I started experiencing the beginnings of possible friendships.
While I don't know if these neighbors and I will become friends, I am sure that their sudden presence in my life today is a sign from God that it'll be okay. I feel certain that they were the faces of angels in my everyday.
Posted by Selena at April 9, 2007 11:47 AM