Do you believe in angels? I do. I believe that they are sent by God to let us know that He hears us...He knows what our struggles are...He knows what we need. It is a message to have faith and believe. Today I was visited by 3 angels. They were beautiful.....and I am renewed in my faith because of them.
Angel #1:
Many people who know me are aware that I am not a housekeeper. It is something I have always struggled with...and probably always will. My house always looks lived in. There is always a pile begging to be sorted through, a project to finish, a room or closet to organize. I am just not a routinized person. That is not how I am wired...not how I work. People always refer to bedtime routines, morning routines....not me... I never do anything the same way twice. I annoy myself. I am scattered....and I don't think I am necessarily scattered in a bad way. It's just that there are always a million things going on in my head at once. People tell me I am creative...and I think my scattered mind that is always thinking about different places and people and perspectives is part of the reason.
Some of you may be remembering Christmas. You have already put it away and don't really want to think about it for another year. But Christmas is not over for our family. The final Christmas celebration is at my house this Saturday. It's not ideal, but given peoples locations and schedules...this is just how it works out. Yesterday, as I was driving home I was trying to psych myself up to get home and not sit down, but just be a whirling dervish until I got some things tidied up. I walked in the house to see that Alyssa (still suffering from the 4 wisdom teeth she had removed last Friday) had done quite a bit of straightening up for me. Today I arrived home to the scene above. She was going through the pantry and throwing out outdated food and was set on organizing it so we could find things better.
Thank You God...for sending her to help me get things in order for this weekend...since you know how I struggle with that.
Angel #2
I am a Special Ed teacher. I work with students who are very challenged. After I leave work, I go see some students in their homes who are too medically fragile to go to school with other kids. I have enjoyed getting to know some of the nurses of one of my students...we usually chat when I first arrive and set up and as I am leaving. There is one nurse, Lisa, who started following my photo of the day on facebook last year. She enjoyed the pictures. She has told me that she would go on just to look for my posts because she found them uplifting. I was explaining to her recently about the blog and how to get to it from facebook. Today she was telling me how much she had enjoyed reading it and how uplifting she found it. She is just so adorable...and just something about what she was saying today and how she said it really touched me....and encouraged me.
Thank You God ...for sending her to encourage me and show me that I am beginning to accomplish what I wanted...to be a positive, uplifting part of people's days.
Angel #3
Our family changed churches about 2 1/2 years ago. I have taken awhile to get my feet wet...I have kind of done it one toe at a time....just taking my time...staying in the background. But after being asked a few times, I finally decided to join the choir. Singing in the choir has been the norm in my life from growing up with my mom as the choir director, to singing in college and singing in the choir in my last church. I am wondering what took me so long to join this one. I am still new and just getting to know people. I have particularly enjoyed getting to know the director, Polly, she is fun and adorable and I already love her to death. She has also connected with me on facebook and found my blog. She has written some very encouraging comments...which has meant a lot. Tonight after choir and called me over and asked if she could give me a hug and told me how much she enjoys reading the blog, seeing the photos. I told her I just couldn't believe that people would actually want to read them....which is the truth. More encouragement. I walked out into the cold air with a warmed heart.
Thank You God...for sending her to encourage me and show me that I am making a positive difference in some lives.
I am thankful for the three angels who visited me today...and all the many others who visit me throughout the days. They encourage me, inspire me and motivate me to be the best person I can possibly be.
"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers:
for thereby some have entertained angels unawares"
~ Hebrews 13:2
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