Angels In The Flesh

I recently experienced a situation where I had to be the picture of confidence. I wanted everything to go right. I always tell myself that with prayer and preparation, everything will go fine. So I prayed and did everything that I thought needed to be done according to the plan, however something felt undone. Or was it just because I’m used to being busy and there didn’t seem to be anything else to be busy about. Anyway a friend dropped in to see how everything was going. She immediately commented that from her perspective, everything looked great, except one area. In addition, she came up with possible solutions and offered herself to make sure that it got done. It involved us purchasing some wood products, lifting the wood, hammering nails, and taking her van to pick up the material…all while she was caring for her grandchildren that day. She spent three to four hours with me addressing this issue. She would not accept monetary compensation. She asked me, “can you accept this as a friend?” Although we are friends, I just felt this went so much beyond. As I stood there kind of speechless, she then said, “l understand that you have a problem receiving, but please accept what I’m doing as a friend.” The “problem receiving” rang a bit true and is a another story.

After all our hard work, she attended the event in the middle of other commitments. I felt blessed and strengthened by her presence. I felt that of all the people that were there, she truly understood how important her presence was to me. I felt that she was an angel sent by the Lord and He had also allowed another layer of our friendship to develop. She had toiled with me, a couple of days before…before everything was ideal. There we had been hammering nails, sweating, eating crackers and drinking soda. Yet she walked into the event looking as professional as ever. I had the opportunity to greet her as she walked in the door but we did not have an opportunity to talk much more during the event. However, knowing that she was there as a person who was truly for me and desired the best for me, strengthened me. I know that all strength comes from the Lord, yet He often uses people. In this instance, I believe that He sent a type of angel in the flesh, in the form of a friend.

Psalm 91:11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways…

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