FOR a long time I have believed in guardian angels but I haven't really gone "over to the other side" to get confirmation, until I came across this book and read it.
It's reassuring to know that I am the "oddball who believes in angels". There are many who have actually experienced having encounters with these heavenly beings.
Once we have learnt to accept this fact, our lives become less stressful. We know if ever we experience difficulties, we can always seek the help of our guardian angel who is ready to help.
Remember, in the domain of angels, time is not a factor. You may have aged from 8 to 80 in one short breath but to the angel, you remain the same yesterday, today and tomorrow.
In Freeman's books, she relates accounts of those people whose lives have changed for the better because they have had undergone life-altering experiences with entities that don't seem to belong to our dimension.
In the realm of angels or rather when they do appear to us, most of us would hardly recognise them because they look and behave the same as an ordinary person. It is only when the angel has left our sight that we suddenly regain our composure and begin to question the kind deeds and presence of this "strange person".
I have a personal encounter of what I believe even up till today of the celestial kind. This book reminded me of that incident which took place several years ago.
One day after work, I decided to go home because I had finished work early. It was around 7pm or 8pm. I normally finished work around 10.30pm, so I was pretty glad that it was a good day for me.
As I scooted home, I thought I heard a clanking sound coming from the engine compartment of my motorcycle. I ignored it because I thought the chain was loose. Within a few minutes, the irritating sound became louder and I finally realised that the motorcycle is no longer moving on its own power.
I stopped the bike along the shoulder of a very busy road and discovered that the motorcycle chain has come off. I pulled my bike onto the road shoulder and started to attempt a weak repair work.
The hours slipped by when I was trying to re-insert the bike's chain into the proper sockets. All the time, I was praying the good God should help me with this situation.
After about one and a half hours of futile attempts at repairing the chain problem, I was getting a bit desperate. That's I was preparing for a long walk home and pushing the bike all the way. Meanwhile, I was praying like it would be the end of the world tomorrow.
By 10.30pm, I was becoming desperate. I earnestly called on my guardian angel to do something. Before long, I heard the sound of an oncoming bike. It was travelling on the five-foot way, heading in my direction.
It was a young man with a very pleasant personality. He stopped and asked me what was wrong. I told him I have been trying to put the loose chain back into the sprocket.
I quickly asked him if he knew how to repair bikes. He said no but he said he would keep me company. Just then, he said he would lend me a hand in turning the wheel while I was slipping the chain back into its grooves.
I have tried that technique for hours but no to avail. So I thought I would give it a shot. He held the wheel and gave it a slight tug while I was grabbing the chain and trying to put in the chain again.
This time, the chain went in like grease lightning. It was as if the difficulty was nothing in the first place. I was pleased as punch. He bade me goodbye and went on his way after he knew that I was out of the loop.
It was only when I went home that I realised that it was a rather odd incident because normally motorcyclists do not go by the main road from the opposite side. This chap actually was travelling on the Motorists' right of way.
His behaviour also went against the city slickers' nature. They almost never stop and help anyone expecially at night. This young guy however just appeared out of nowhere and travelled to my destination.
Touched by Angels gives excellent accounts of people who were at the crossroads of their lives when they encountered the angels. And each person who has that special experience went on to become better people after those experiences.
This book is very hard to put down once you have started reading it. I am glad that the angels are working their best to help mankind and the task of helping as many people as possible has widened to many lands.
Occurrences are increasing in numbers and all holy encounters have helped bring hope and joy to all those who have experienced their own special angel meetings.
I love reading this book. It is a big source of inspiration and it renews the faith in the reader to understand the dimension that is not ours to go into, and even at this point to understand.
If you are troubled, sick and depressed, read Touched by Angels, so that you also can be part of the angel network that brings you closer to heaven and further away from personal fears and loneliness.
The underlying message in cases like these is that people always will gravitate towards kinds, compassion and love, and angels have all three qualities in full abundance.
