He had left home early that morning. The love of his life had not felt well last night and gone to bed early. He did not want to wake her. Each morning she was always up first and in the kitchen making coffee when he got up.

 But this morning was different. He wanted her to rest. He made his coffee, ate a bowl of steaming oatmeal and out the door he went.

The storm was forecast to be a really bad one. Already sheets of ice lay on the roads. He drove as carefully as he could and soon he was at work.

She got up later that morning and took her medicine. Her headache was worst than last night. This flu was really sweeping over her... and then all of a sudden she felt such a sinking feeling in her soul. A feeling of dread washed over her. A feeling as if something bad was about to happen...

She walked in the kitchen and saw the entire kitchen had been cleaned, the dishes put away and on the island was a note... and beside it a bouquet of purple pansies from the backyard.

"Honey,
Just know that as beautiful as these flowers are, they cannot touch the beauty of our love and you.
Love,
Jim

She stood there looking at the flowers and thanking God that he had given her Jim.

Then the phone rang...

Honey, it's me. The roads are getting so much worse. I let all the guys off early and I am on my way home. Taking a different route. It is raining so bad and it is mixed with sleet. I can hardly see the road. I love you. Be home soon."

She placed the phone on the island and then she prayed. She knew the feeling she had... the sinking feeling... the feeling of dread...
She knelt down by the island and talked to the One who is the only answer.
She asked Him to place angels around Jim and to send him home safely. As a child, she had read about the angels... and she knew the God who sent them.
An hour passed and then another one... and as she looked out the window, she saw his headlights.
The door soon opened and into his arms she ran.

"Honey,
You are never going to believe this... but out on that road, I could not see anything. A semi jackknifed right in front of me and it was as if someone just simply moved me right out of the way... Strangest thing... Lord, I am so lucky!!"

She smiled at him and then looked deep into his eyes...
"No, Jim... we are not lucky... we are Blessed. For tonight God heard a wife's prayer... and He sent the angels... and now you are safely home"

They stood in the doorway for a long time looking at each other and the night sky.
As they closed the door, she heard Jim whisper...
"Thanks, Lord for getting this old man home again. And thanks for the angels you sent in the middle of that storm."

Long after he had gone to sleep, she thanked the Lord too for those angels...

Angels... sent from Heaven in the middle of the storm. Ask Him... He will send them for you too.

"And He will give His angels charge over you..."

Author Unknown 

January 9, '05

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