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Daily devotion
Angels Unawares
By Dee Aspin
CBN.com-- She didn’t even know he knew how to take
the light rail. Neither she nor her estranged husband allowed him to
freely roam the city.
Just the afternoon before, my protective friend, always afraid to let
go of her 13-year-old son, Ryan, had just endured an exceptional
argument that escalated to the point where she hit him on the leg with
his tennis shoe.
Filled with anger, her Christian son stomped out of their home, yelling
profanities at her, hurling words that brought anguish and sorrow. She
waited for his return; he headed for his Dad’s.
Worried when he didn't return, she called Ryan’s friends.
Then she dialed hers, one after the other, to pray, unaware of
God’s divine interventions.
On Ryan's way to the light rail, a strange man on the
street walked up to him, stuck out his hand and gave him a
little piece of paper. Ryan grabbed it and stuck it in his
pocket. He didn’t want to read it.
When he arrived at the light rail station, without hesitation he asked
two strangers for money. One was reluctant and rude - the other freely
handed him a dollar. He boarded the light rail and headed for his Dad's.
Now, a week later, the storm had blown over. Ryan sat with his mom and
spent time in the Word. They had just finished reading Romans 8:16 that
the Spirit is real. Ryan agreed, recounting his experience. He
knew his mom had been horrified that he hit the streets and turned to
public transportation alone.
“Mom, that day I had a look in my eyes; everyone knew not to
mess with me,” he boasted. She winced.
“When I arrived at Dad’s I remembered the note. I
pulled it out of my pocket, smoothed it out and started laughing out
loud.”
“Dad hustled over. 'What is it?’ He wanted
to know what was so funny."
“I told him. The paper this man gave me said, “You
can do nothing without Christ.”
“‘Did you tell him you were a follower?’
Dad, who never talks about my faith, asked.”
Ryan received the note during the time my friend was desperately
praying with others feeling helpless. At the time she was praying, the
poor man who she believes was an angel in human form, approached Ryan.
“Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those
who will inherit salvation?” Hebrews 1:14 (NIV)
That little folded note, given by the stranger, reinstated my
friend’s faith one-hundred fold -
and Ryan’s. Now she knows, not just in her mind but
in her heart, that whenever her son is away from her presence, God is
there with him.
The peace that passes all understanding, resides not just for herself,
but for her son. She is reminded as we are reminded by her story:
“
And we know that in all things God works for the good of
those who love him, who have been called according to his
purpose..”
Romans 8:28
(NIV) Send