Today, a brief review of a little blue book about peoples experiences with angels:
This bright blue book came to me through a charity shop for under two pounds. To be honest, I was intrigued at the title. What experiences would the author tell us about within its pages?
My fascination with miracles, Angelic intervention awoke when I experienced a negative period in my life. At one point I was so low I got down on my knees and prayed to St Michael over and over again. I was desperate for help and in a tricky situation where professionals seem to want to ignore my situation and some, make it worse.
The next day, after experiencing harassment again, I decided to go food shopping at a local Morrisons supermarket. Just by the fruit and veg stands, a young security guard approached me and asked if I was ok. He had seen me before and been intent to chat to me if I came in again. He felt something was wrong and I seemed so nervous. He was due an hours break. Could he buy me a coffee. I was at breaking point, so I took my chances. Were my prayers being answered immediately ?. In fact, the next day...but that was soon enough for me. We have kept in touch and after introducing me to some of his contacts to support me, life seemed more bearable.
The other reason for purchasing this book was the inspiration and writing of Lorna Byrne. Someone guided by angels throughout her life.
But, back to Where Angels Walk.
This will not be a prolonged book review as I am of the opinion that if you are interested, you can go read the book yourself. Also, when we review in great detail publicly, we just supply lots of readily available information to the lazy magpies, who have not read the book, but wish to appear as if they have. They normally get payed to write for a living, and just reappropriate others hard work or skim off the cream.
We start at "The Beginning", and by that we really do. That is the title of the first chapter.
The authors son Tim is rescued by a super natural being in sub zero temperatures along with his two friends, on a snowy, cold deadly night in The Midwest. No, that is not in Cornwall, by the way!
Travelling with his friends, on a homeward bound journey their car dies after depositing one friend safely at home. The story that unfolds is quite something. After dropping off their friend, the car packs up on the highway. It is one of the worst nights to be out in a snow storm and the two boys remaining in the car know they will freeze in the sub zero temperatures. Meanwhile, after speaking to her son earlier by phone and sensing all is not going well, mother, miles away, prays for help.
And that is when the miracle happens. Through the blizzard a pick up truck appears through the white waves of snow and a man knocks on the car window. He offers to tow the car , back to their friends house. Relieved, the boys are lead back and deposited on the drive.
Nothing miraculous about that I hear you say. But hang on, they then realize, once they go to thank the driver, there is nothing. No truck, no tracks. No driver. Nothing. Mmm...
As Joan says in the book, there is no proof of angels existing. They definitely do not turn up in courts, or on films. But seem to get around a lot when needed. From ancient texts zooming through time into the fourth century there has been much writing about these supernatural beings:
Ancient Near East (c. 3000 BCE)
In the days of the Sumerians and Babylonians, angels are illustrated as winged holy messengers or guardian angels. Messengers between gods and humans.
Biblical: The word mal'akh (messenger) is stated in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 16:7).
From Zoroastrianism (Ancient Persia) to the modern day, these messengers, helpers, seem to have been readily available to those who seek there stewardship.
The lived experiences of those helped by angels at the least makes you wonder. At the most it could lead you to believe there is more going on in the human world that we can see. But who knows, and no one does. In a way it is a paradox. Be of the world, but not of the world. Angels are apparently within the world, but not part of the world and that is where I shall be keeping them just for now.
Todays music inline with my writing: Ellis Paul: Angel In Manhattan.(Live)
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