Angels Among Us…

Originally Published May 5, 2019

Today I was driving back home in the pouring rain and passed a field of horses that were standing stock still. I was listening to the song by Alabama called ‘Angels Among Us.’ It’s one of my favorite songs of theirs. I stopped to take their picture and a beautiful black horse turned her head and just stared at me, like she knew exactly what I was thinking. It was a beautiful quite moment and made me want to remind people that Angels come in all forms.

Earlier that day I spent time with some friends, and unfortunately one of them just lost her grandmother unexpectedly, whom she was very close to. My friend shared that during her grandmother’s celebration of life, her grandfather got a call on his cell phone from the grandmother’s phone. My friend said, “it was so freaky.” I said, “I think it’s awesome and her way of letting you know she’s with you.” I mean who would have dialed phone?

I’ve had so many instances in my life where I know the angels helped me. If you ask them to, they always will, but sometimes I think they just intercede on our behalf because they know we need it.

I remember the day of my mother’s funeral it was a cold and rainy day. I was taking a breather outside of the funeral home by myself before we went to the church for her service and asked Mom to please show me a ray of sun so I knew she was with us. While at the church I sat in the very front pew since I did one of her readings and apparently a blinding ray of sun shown on the casket, but it was behind me so I did not see it, but after the service, everyone commented on how brilliant it was. I was so sad that I had missed it. Later that day at the burial site, I was the last one to leave the tent they had over the grave for the family; everyone was milling about and as I came out from under the tent and though it was still spitting rain and cloudy, the sun briefly broke through the clouds and shined up on me and then went away and did not come out the rest of the day. We could say coincidence, but I know that was Mom or spirit helping Mom give me what I asked for. It was such a peaceful feeling.

Angels come when they are needed for big and small things. I’m sure there’s a time or two in your life when you can cite an event that you can’t explain how the outcome came about because it was too coincidental or uncanny, e.g., a person was in the right place and right time right when you needed them, or timing was just perfect, or a mini miracle occurred for no rhyme or reason or YOU were the angel sent to help someone because YOU were in the right place at the right time.

We often say things like, “Oh my God…” or “Please don’t let that be” or “God Help Me…” or “Good Lord What do I do” when we’re in a tricky situation and we say it whether we believe in God or not and then that ‘coincidence happens’ or the ‘mini miracle’ and it all seems odd and out of nowhere, yet we often don’t see the forest for the trees (… or angels for the clouds). During those times, just send a simple ‘Thank You’ into the universe.

Just know that whether you’re purposefully praying or happenstance praying, you are heard whether you believe in spirit or not. Angels will always help us, we just simply have to ask.