Angels in Our Lives
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. ~ PSALM 91:11
Miraculously, God places “angels” in our lives to help us along the way on our personal and sometimes solitary path. I can count many angels in my life and think you can too. My cousin Louise guides me as my heart angel. Louise and I were born eight days apart. We have been best friends all our lives. Even from birth we were connected as more than cousins in so many wonderful ways, but we didn’t appreciate it as much as we do now. We have received a gradual and extraordinary gift from our Father in Heaven.
Every day we celebrate our relationship by communicating through email. We talk about everything girls of all ages talk about. We support each other and are always there no matter when, no matter what. We laugh, we cry, we reassure, and we celebrate our love for the Lord and each other.
My angel and I are now 76 years old (but don’t tell anyone because we don’t look it). We have found over the years that we are almost identical in our personalities, our thoughts, our preferences, and our hearts. We’ve talked through childhood traumas together and rejoiced as young adults and as senior citizens. We manage to get sick together and have the same experiences, thoughts, and feelings. At first this was more than a little strange, but now we are used to this gift, and it is wonderful. We live alone, but not really, because we always have each other. Louise lives in Arizona and I live in New Jersey, but somehow we have traveled the same paths no matter where they have led us, even across 3000 miles. God has given these two single, senior, cat-loving ladies a very special life gift. Thank you, God, for my angel cousin, Louise.
Look for your angels in your life and treasure them each day.
Give your worries to the Angels. It’s time to heal your heart. Every day’s a new beginning Where love and hope can start. Give your worries to the Angels. Release your doubt and fear. Trust in God to always be there With Angels always near.(Angelstar Worry Stone poem)
ELIZABETH CHIPMAN, TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH