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I had 2 actually..

Posted By: staci (205.188.199.136)
Date: Tuesday, 9 May 2000, at 5:43 p.m.

In Response To: Today's Topic: divine intervention? (Mindy)

My Brush with Divinity...

I truly believe in Angels, always have. I have encountered them on 2 occassions.

One, I was traveling down a busy hiway, on my way to work. I had side tracked to run some errands for the Synagogue where I work. I took a short cut and ended up in a questionable neighborhood. All of a sudden, I hear this funky noise, and of all things, its a flat. Great! Im thinkin here I am in this part of town, now I have to get out and try to change the freakin tire. I got out of the car, walked around to look at the passanger front tire. I heard a noise behind me, when I turned around, out of nowhere was this man, in a beat up old red car. He said, you need that tire changed. It wasnt even a question, it was a statement. He had not even walked around to the other side to see that is what i needed. And from where his car was parked, there was NO WAY he could have seen the flat. Anyway. he changed it for me..walked around behind the car put the stuff in the trunk, when i walked around to thank him. he was gone. just like that. I didnt even hear the car start. theres no way that wasnt an Angel. Nothing will convince me other wise.

2nd..
This one I wouldnt have believed, but Sherry was with me.
I went to the hospital for my masectomy. The nite before, all nite long, I did nothing but cry. Literally. The next morning, Sherry came to pick me up to take me to the hospital. We had to be there early for check in. I went to admissions this time, as they planned to keep me for at least a week, the doc said. Now, I had been in and out of that office, this was the 18th time in a year. I was pretty much on a first name basis with the whole crew. As we were sitting there waiting to be called, I just could not contain the tears. I was pretty much sobbing. Finally, the lady called us back. She was very beautiful, dressed in a cream maternity pant suit. She just reeked of elegance. She called us into the office and began taking my information. My case is unique, not only because of the disease I had, but because of the planned reconstruction, one where the docs would take the muscle from inside of my belly, run it straight up the front of my chest and out through the breast area that was to be removed, and then there was to be liposuction on the belly area. It is a major surgery. And scary to me, because I had already been told that if I had that sort of reconstruction, carrying a baby in the future would be virtually impossible, because of the re-directed muscle.

The admissions lady began questioning me about the surgery. Through tears, and Sherry's help, we explained to her what was about to happen. This lady, with the most calm, serene look, turned to me and said, please, dont worry, its in God's hands. She said, in fact. I have had the very same surgery you are talking about. My breast was removed, my stomach was used for the reconstruction, and I am now carrying a soul. And that is the word she used. She touched my hands as she spoke, and the most calming feeling came over me. I knew then, that it was gonna be ok. and there were no more tears! I looked at Sherry, she looked at me, then we turned to the lady, and noticed a name tag. Her name was Angelique. Angelique told me that God was going to take care of all of this, and I would come through the surgery ok, and not only that, my body would feel brand new, and that is without the reconstruction. She went on to tell me that if it were God's will, I would carry another child, no matter what. WEll, with these words of comfort, I was ready to go! I went on, had the surgery, came through it with flying colors. In fact, i did so well, that the doc released me 2 hours after the surgery. The next day, only 12 hours after the surgery, and pain killer -free, i got up, cleaned my WHOLE HOUSE from top to bottom. I had not felt this good in 2 years. I called the hospital to thank Angelique for her kind words and comfort, and was told there was no one that worked there by that name, and there never had been. And I made them check the log for the day that I was in there, and there was no name listed. Yes indeed there are Angels sent by God to help us through trying times. And whenever things get tough and seem dark, I always expect some sort of divine intervention from God. It is his gift to us.

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