The first time I heard the words "guardian angels" was when I was little boy and was studying in a Catholic Brothers school. The La Salle Brothers have a way of introducing "angels" into our lives that somehow stuck in our minds until we reach "the other side".
As we grow older and seemingly wiser, we tend to lose touch with guardian angels and apt to call anyone who does us a favour as a "guardian angel." As you move towards middle age, you will try to believe that there are real guardian angels because your life is sometimes so uncertain that you wish that someone else will take over the job of looking after your future.
These days, I am inclined to believe that there are actually angels walking and working among us. I would like to say "I have it on good authority that real angels from heaven are walking us." Unfortunately, such an outburst will only lead to my confinement at the nearest rehabilitation centre.
Well I have good news for you Doubting Thomases. There are actually guardian angels walking and talking to us on earth. How I know? I just know. Do you need proof?
Remember those times when you are so desperate, you suddenly turn religious and start bargaining with God about how you will not be such a cad anymore to your wife and kids?
Then out of the blue, your problem is solved by an unexpected turn of events and it usually due to someone doing something that may or may not be intended for your advantage. Nevertheless, your woes ended and you began to nurture a new one.
Somewhere out there, without your knowledge, your prayers were answered. And you thought it was due to your own courage, fortitude and perseverance. You had forgotten about that urgent prayer you "sent upstairs". It was answered and you didn't realise it.
All prayers uttered in sincerity are answered. If need be, angels will be sent forth to come to your aid. Baloney! you say?! Look where you are today. You are not pushing daisies somewhere out in the open field, are you? The fact that you are reading this indicates that you are among the living.
Angels have been assigned to all of us so that we will always be reminded that we are spirits from on high. There are things not of this earth that do not require any explanation nor do they need the approval and investigation of our most accomplished citizens.
They are governed by laws not made for us. However, they are here because they are part of us and will help us if your life and mine will be for the better with some assistance from them.
Have you ever experienced making a supposedly a wrong turn on your way home and unexpected encountered someone and something that shifted your fortune or someone else's fortune?
Who do you think "inspired" you to take that detour or make that sudden turn?
Before you pronounce that the subject of guardian angels is a topic for the demented and the slightly deranged, keep in mind this suggestion. The next time, you are caught in a jam (not traffic) but something that is more serious or even life-threatening, say a prayer and ask sincerely for your guardian angel to extend a helping hand, and then wait and watch.
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