MONDAY THOUGHT 12/15/08

December 15, 2008 on 12:46 pm | By John Ingrisano | In Faith & Forgiveness | 1 Comment

Guardian Angels
 
Devils make sense to me.  They are wonderful scapegoats  (though they probably make lousy pets and even worse Christmas presents) when you want to do something wrong or when you can’t find that coffee mug you know you left right there on the counter. 
 
But angels?  Trying to fit them into my faith world leaves me standing around with that jigsaw puzzle piece for which I just can’t find the fit.  I mean, if I need something, I go right to The Boss, not my guardian angel.  The only part that does make sense (and I probably have this one wrong, too) is when I have a friend or other loved one in need, and I send my angel to watch over him or her, to be returned when the time of crisis passes.  Perhaps that’s the best sense there is of it.
 
My point?  Looking for that perfect Christmas present?  How about a McDonalds gift card and your guardian angel?  Seriously (no, not about the McDonalds card), in your Christmas blessings to those in need this year, let loved ones know that you are sharing your guardian angel to watch over and comfort them.  Oh, and for all of you, I offer my guardian angel, who has done a very good job over the years of saving me time and again from my own foolishness.  God bless. — jri
 
“An angel from heaven appeared to him.
And being in anguish, he prayed more
earnestly, and his sweat was like drops
of blood falling to the ground.”
        –    Description of Jesus on the Mount of Olives
               (Luke 22:43-44)

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  1. John,
    Boy can I tell stories on this one. There was the
    time in the army when a phospheros gernade exploded
    in front of me during a demonstration, and I wasn’t
    hurt, just a small burn.
    Then there was the time I turned in front of a
    car while entering my driveway and was hit head on.
    I was thrown into the windshield of my car,(no my
    seatbelt wasn’t fastened). I broke the windshield
    with my head, and only received minor cuts and
    bruises. There was the time driving a truck with my dad with me,and I was just going to change
    lanes and I heard a loud,”LOOK OUT”! I froze and
    a huge yellow semi zoomed past where we would have
    bee had I changed lanes. My dad didn’t hear any
    thing and was non the wiser. Once I was driving
    home in an ice storm, pulling a heavy trailer with
    a pickup truck. I felt the trailer start to try
    to pass the truck pushing it around. The word,
    “Jesus”, flew out of my mouth without my even
    thinking it. It spoke with authority, and the
    trailer straightend out all by itself, and I got
    home safely. When I was hit head on, the doctor
    in the emergency room that was checking me over,
    ordered a CAT scan ‘on a hunch he said’. He found
    a tumor that could have developed cancer. It was
    removed. I believe my angel told him to do the
    scan. So perhaps I was supposed to have that
    accident. Oh yes, the other driver was unhurt.
    My wife who was in our house at the time said she
    could sense a heavy angelic presence at the
    scene. The paramedics couldn’t get over the fact
    that I was still alive, I should have broken my
    neck they said.

    Carl Heyder

    Comment by Carl Heyder — December 16, 2008 #

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