So, God created Angels to carry out many of His jobs and deal with us, instead of Him doing it directly. See, He did not come personally but sent Angel Gabriel for delivering His message to mother Mary, and so on-- Even though He is not personally coming, He sent clouds to give us rain, sun for heat and light, fire for burning, breeze for air, plants for grain, and trees for giving fruit, horses for riding, even guide dogs to help the blind etc..Are they Angels in disguise sent from heaven to do these tasks ? we do not know. May be we are not able to comprehend such a beautiful golden haired, blue eyed angels in that not so beautiful guide dog.
It is read in Bible, that in many earlier occasions Angels had taken human forms and interacted with us. Once the Lords Angels came to Abraham as men and taken rest in his house. Abraham served them food and they ate. These Angels also went to the house of Lot and stayed with him during the night. Are we encountering them in our day to day life ? Many of my experiences tells me that they are amongst us in disguise to help in our distresses. I remember one incident when my 3 year old son lost in a busy Mumbai market. I was doing shopping along with my 3 year old son. My son was with me all along, when I turned after making payment at the cash counter, suddenly he was not there, missing. No traces of him. I ran the length and breadth of the market searching for my 3 year old son enquiring with all shop keepers. Nobody has seen a 3 year boy with blue T shirt and red cap. I was desperate and in deep distress not knowing what to do. If you lost 3 year boy in busy Mumbai market, you lost him for ever. From the market place I came to the main road enquiring for my son in blue T shirt, but in vain. . I taken a turn from the main road to the pocket road which leads to my house--all along running in desperation and enquiring. After covering further quarter of a kilometer I seen an old woman holding my sons hand and walking slowly in the direction of my house. My son was still crying and pointing with his hand the direction towards my house which she was following. Then I know that I was also crying. she told me that my son was wandering in foot path crying and she knew he was lost. I could only mumble some thanks to her, not even a proper thanks in that sense. After handing over my son safely, without telling anything, she just walked away , just disappeared in the busy road. Suddenly my eyes opened, and I knew she was an Angel in disguise. I never seen that woman again.
There are number of such incidents in my life. These direct encounters with the Angels changed my perception that they are living in heaven with beautiful golden hair, blue eyes, wings, and in white gowns. But living amongst us as human beings to help us in our distress. We can easily recognise them. They suddenly appear in time, and disappear immediately after the task. They will never ask your name or address, neither give theirs . They never ask anything in return.
They are the Angels who appears in a lonely stretch of highway with long unending paddy fields at both sides to show us the direction whenever we are in doubt. They will appear all of a sudden at the side of the road as if they are waiting for us to ask them the direction. Otherwise what are they doing in that lonely stretch of no mans land ?. Those are again the Angels in farmers cloth to show the repair shop whenever our tyre punctures in an unfamiliar abandoned road. Most probably, that repair shop also put up temporary by another Angel only to attend to our vehicle ! Otherwise what other business he expects from such an abandoned stretch of road ? If you try to recollect, you can remember many such encounters.
John P.K
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Statutory warning : Beware of Demons in angels costumes
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There are number of such incidents in my life. These direct encounters with the Angels changed my perception that they are living in heaven with beautiful golden hair, blue eyes, wings, and in white gowns. But living amongst us as human beings to help us in our distress. We can easily recognise them. They suddenly appear in time, and disappear immediately after the task. They will never ask your name or address, neither give theirs . They never ask anything in return.
They are the Angels who appears in a lonely stretch of highway with long unending paddy fields at both sides to show us the direction whenever we are in doubt. They will appear all of a sudden at the side of the road as if they are waiting for us to ask them the direction. Otherwise what are they doing in that lonely stretch of no mans land ?. Those are again the Angels in farmers cloth to show the repair shop whenever our tyre punctures in an unfamiliar abandoned road. Most probably, that repair shop also put up temporary by another Angel only to attend to our vehicle ! Otherwise what other business he expects from such an abandoned stretch of road ? If you try to recollect, you can remember many such encounters.
John P.K
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Statutory warning : Beware of Demons in angels costumes
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I was moved by the incident of a missing son mentioned in this post because that 3 yr old son is none other than me
ReplyDeleteDr Kurian
I, too, believe that angels sometimes take on human form, especially in cases like that of you and your son. Thank you for sharing this post and your memories of an angel helping you and your son. Thanks also for visiting and leaving your comment on my blog today.
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