Visited by Angels
God's messengers come in all shapes and sizes
They say angels come most commonly to children and primitive people, to the
innocents and saints, who maybe haven’t clouded their vision with so much
sophistication.… There are stories of Russian cosmonauts seeing angels in space;
French, English and German soldiers seeing angels during a battle; angels who
come in dreams, and many, many more.
But there’s a more mundane angelic ministry that’s not so spectacular and yet
is equally wonderful. The word “angel” means simply
“messenger.” Angels are the messengers of God. And we’ve all known
angels.
You’ve known angels too. People who have
communicated some of God’s love and grace to you. … Maybe you’ve been an
angel for someone; you’ve been one of God’s messengers. And, maybe many of you
have known some of the other kinds of angels, not of flesh and blood.
—Lowell Grisham
Below is a collection of essays, interviews and reflections on angels. Whether
spirit, flesh or something else, they all point in the direction of heaven.
ANGELS, GUIDES AND GUARDIANS
Author Sophy Burnham is known for her books and presentations about angels. Here she talks about how we can identify God's messengers, and why they come to visit.
ANGELS AMONG US
Vinita Hampton Wright is a strong believer in angels. She did her research in A Catalogue of Angels, and here answers our questions about how and why angels appear, and how we know they're there.
WHO'S AN ANGEL?
Perhaps we are visited by angels all the time—messengers who bring the love of God into our lives.
AN ANGEL AT THE SHORE
Why would God use such messengers? Maybe because they were the only way God could get God's message across to humans … the only way we would pay attention. But then one wonders why most of us have never seen winged creatures like those portrayed in the great paintings from the past.
THINKING OF ANGELS
Devotions
describing angels who surprise us, give us
direction, help us rejoice and minister
to our needs, even when we’re
unaware that they're around.
ANGEL MARY
Some angels are unseen, but this angel, Mary, was very real to two young boys at boarding school.
