[Faith-talk] Fwd: SF Daily Devotional - Angels

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> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 05:17:55 -0500 (EST)
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> Friday, December 28, 2007
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> Angels
> Margaret D. Mitchell 
> 
> Psalm 34:7 -The angel of the Lord encamps around
> those who fear Him, and rescues them. 
> 
> In 1994, my father announced his retirement from his
> career in heavy equipment construction because he
> learned that he had mesothelioma, a deadly form of
> lung cancer. He was devastated, as was our entire
> family.
> 
> What's more, about the same time, we learned that my
> father's brother and my sister-in-law were also
> diagnosed with other forms of lung cancer. Each of
> these two family members were given six months to
> live.
> 
> As the days and months ticked away, my mother and I
> cried out to God persistently to spare each of them.
> I visited my ailing relatives and researched lung
> cancer to learn as much as I could. I read that the
> survival rate for people diagnosed with
> mesothelioma, who had smoked and who had also been
> exposed to asbestos, was 0%. This meant that the
> medical community considered my father's death to be
> imminent, even though he had quit smoking 15 years
> earlier. 
> 
> Two weeks before Christmas that year, I found myself
> on a layover at the Inter Continental Hotel in
> Chicago. I was a flight attendant, and although I
> found it difficult to fly away from my family during
> that time, I still had to work. As I entered the
> hotel lobby, I saw an expansive display of large
> gingerbread houses that was remarkably beautiful.
> But I felt frustrated that I couldn't enjoy them
> because of my heavy circumstances.
> 
> After dinner that evening, I entered my room, fell
> on my bed and cried out to God in distress, pounding
> my fist on the mattress. My heart was broken. In
> addition to my ailing family members, a few other
> issues had been pressing on me throughout the year,
> including a major plane crash within my airline in
> which everyone aboard was killed. Overall, this had
> been a tough year. And now, I wondered if this
> Christmas would be my family members' last. I had
> always heard that God never gives us more than we
> can handle. This adage came to mind, and now, at the
> end of myself, I cried out to God saying, "If you
> take my father now, it will be too much for me." 
> 
> I cried myself to sleep and was awaken by an angel
> early the next morning. The angel arrived in the
> form of a scent that I had never smelled before. It
> was a scent that I struggle to find the words to
> adequately describe except to say that it was a
> sweet, young kind of scent that hovered over my
> face. Its presence was comforting, but I still
> didn't know what would ultimately happen.
> 
> A few months later, my uncle passed on to be with
> the Lord. Another few months later, my sister-in-law
> passed. My father's condition, however, improved
> with surgery and radiation. He is, in fact, still
> alive today, 13 years later.
> 
> Psalm 34: 17-18 says, The righteous cry, and the
> Lord hears and delivers them out of all their
> troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and
> saves those who are crushed in spirit. God
> mercifully heard my cries that night, sent His angel
> to comfort me and miraculously healed my father, all
> for which I am truly grateful. What more will He do
> for you?
> 
> 
> 
> Margaret D. Mitchell is the founder of the God’s
> Love at Work Foundation and the author of “100
> Passengers.” This article was revised from “Praise
> Reports: Inspiring Real-Life Stories of How God
> Answers Prayer” Vol. II (Xulon Press October 2006). 
> 
> © Margaret D. Mitchell all rights reserved.
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