When I was in my early twenties I was going on a night out with my friends. I was walking to the meeting-place on my own when I suddenly became aware of a man walking behind me. Initially I didn’t think much about it, as he was a safe distance away. But then I had to walk along a dark path and when I got to the top of it, in my head I heard, ‘Run!’ I didn’t have to be told twice and I ran as fast as I could until I got back onto a lit street.
What had happened here? Was this just an imaginary worry or was the voice real? Sheena said:
At first I thought that maybe I was just being paranoid, but when I got back onto a lit street I suddenly realized that the guy wasn’t far behind me. And the only way he could have kept up was by running too. That really made me think!
At the time I never really questioned the voice that I’d heard. I mean, it never occurred to me that I might have had some help from ‘another source’. To be honest, I had forgotten about both incidents until I was reading your book An Angel Saved my Life and then the memories just came right back to me. I think angels were showing me when they had been there for me, and I was amazed, because I hadn’t even been trying to think of particular experiences. I’d thought I was just reading a book!
I wonder if the mystery voice was the same angel who had helped with the car incident?
An Angel Feather Sign
This next story is going to sound a little familiar—another overtaking scenario rears its ugly head. I think we can see how some of our most dangerous situations come about whilst driving…
Belinda explains:
Several years ago, just out of curiosity really, I visited a fair which had various stalls about alternative healing, crystals, aromatherapy, feng shui, etc. I was drawn to the pure beauty of the crystals and started my own collection, which has grown considerably over the years. I also became interested in books about angels and faeries and I regularly ask angels for help in finding parking spaces. I have lost count of the number of times my children, and even my husband, have mocked me and say, ‘Oh, it’s just coincidence,’ but now even they say to me, ‘Why don’t you ask the fairies, Mum?’ I think they mean the angels!
Last year we were planning a special Sunday family day out. As I was going to get into the car I noticed a pure white feather nestling in the windscreen. I immediately thought of my angel friend and said, ‘Oh, so you want to come along for the day too?’ I picked up the feather and put it on the inside of the car windscreen before we drove off.
The family started off on their journey, but it wasn’t long before the peace was shattered. Belinda takes up the story:
Going along a straight road which is about a mile and a half long I was shocked to see that an articulated lorry was overtaking a small car and was heading straight for us.
My children screamed and my husband shouted something, but I never panicked for one moment, and I don’t know how, but the lorry managed to pass us completely. We never had a scratch on the car. The whole thing seemed to happen as if someone else was holding the steering wheel—as if someone else was driving, even.
Someone else took the wheel? Invisible hands maybe, but was it angels? Belinda says:
I know that angels were sitting in the car with us that day. I say to my husband, ‘You know that white feather? It was an angel on our side,’ and his reply is always, ‘I’m not going to argue with you on that one!’
Belinda still finds lots of white feathers:
I used to collect them. Sometimes I still do, but whenever I am walking my dog and I see them, I always smile and say, ‘Hello.’ I think it’s the angels’ way of letting me know they’re around.
‘Angels Wake Me’
Although there is no ‘proof’ that the gentleman in this next story was in any danger, I thought I would add his story here to show the full extent of the angels-in-the-car phenomenon and how angels in fact appear to watch over us in all kinds of transport. Dave had the following experiences whilst working in New York:
In 1992 I was working in Manhattan and living on Staten Island. After a long day’s work I would often go for a few drinks then start the long journey home, which would entail a subway train from mid Manhattan to lower Manhattan, where I would get the ferry across to Staten Island before catching a bus halfway round the island to where I was living.
On a few occasions I fell asleep on the ferry and ended up waking just as we were docking back at Manhatten. Once I fell asleep on the bus and woke up well past my stop and ended up having to travel right round the island to get back home.
This happened twice more, once on the ferry and once on the bus, but on these occasions there was a difference. The first time I fell asleep again, but was woken up by a male voice calling my name as clear as day. I looked round and nobody was anywhere near me. Then I realized that I had been woken just as the ferry was docking at Staten Island. At the time I didn’t put too much thought into it, but I was glad I had woken up.
The second time this happened a male voice called my name again. This time I was on the bus about 500 yards from my stop. It was so real that I looked around to see who had woken me and again there was no one.
Eventually I came to the conclusion that it was my guardian angel. It certainly got my attention.
I welcome the contact anytime so that I don’t miss my stop—every little helps!
Missed the Tram…
That last story showed an angel being quite helpful, but this next one is a lot more dramatic. Sometimes the inevitable doesn’t happen and we are left wondering why! Is it angels at work? Mary thinks so. She is from Australia. She told me:
I had just obtained my driver’s licence and like any young person I liked to drive a little faster than l should have. This one particular night I had just finished work and was on my way home. I was waiting for the lights to turn green at a very busy intersection. As soon as they changed, I put my foot down and drove off.
What happened next is still a big puzzle to me. All I remember is turning into a busy road, losing control of the car and going across the opposite side of the road against all the oncoming traffic.
At this point I shut my eyes tight, hoping that when I opened them again I would discover the whole thing had been a dream. But it wasn’t. I was shocked to see a tram coming straight towards me.
Now this is where the miracle comes in, because I thought to myself, ‘I am going to die,’ and I closed my eyes and said, ‘Oh my God, please help me.’
The next thing l remember was opening my eyes and being amazed. My car had somehow managed to bypass all the traffic, totally missed the tram and ended up on the sidewalk on the opposite side of the road! The only thing that had stopped me from going through the brick wall was a ‘NO STANDING’ sign. My car didn’t even have a scratch on it. Thank goodness that there were no pedestrians walking by when my car came crashing through.
I can’t believe I’m here telling you this story. It still puzzles me. But I believe that my guardian angel saved me. I guess it just wasn’t my time to go.
But if these beings guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers.
Ambrose
Angels seem to hang around a lot at hospitals or come close to us when we are sick, depressed or need