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| God Sends Angels |
When God spoke to people in the Old
Testament, they often heard a clear voice instructing them. In the New
Testament God used Angels to appear and speak on His behalf. Today, in
our modern world, we don’t tend to notice a booming voice or heralding angels,
but He is still speaking to us and sending his angels.
There are many way to hear God, even when
we’re not purposefully listening for Him. Just recently at Mass, in
the first reading from the Book of the prophet Ezekiel, 18:21-28, we heard that
God’s way is not always our way and may be difficult to comprehend. “You say, ‘The Lord’s way is not fair!” Ezekiel 18:25
And in a moment, it was as if God spoke to me
directly thru our Priest. Fr. John told us that even though we may attempt to
lead a virtuous life, that does not prevent struggles from occurring in our
lives. We will continue to have struggles in our lives and within
ourselves. The struggle is inevitable. However, by allowing God to
show us that He is God, by Giving God room to show us who God is, by allowing
Him to be in control – that is what we must do to Accept God.
Loving God and Accepting God will not keep
our lives free from strife and difficulty, but surrendering to God will affect
our struggles. God is for us and God is with us. God is God and we
must meet on His terms, not ours. We must accept Him and give Him room
for God to show us who God is. This is the living proof of how much God
loves us.
That morning, when I walked in to daily Mass,
I was struggling deeply with a specific health crisis afflicting one of my
children. I couldn’t understand why this was happening to my daughter –
to our family. We felt like we were doing everything “right” as parents,
but our daughter was not getting better. Hearing God say those words to
me through Father John struck deep in my heart. It was as if Fr. John was
merely a vessel that morning that God used to speak straight into my
heart. After Mass, with tears still in my eyes, I said thank you to
Father for allowing God to use him to send me that message. He surprised
me by giving me a huge hug and telling me he also needed that same message on
that morning.
God still sends us angels, even though we may
not recognize them. They appear in the form of people we see regularly, such as
Father John, who delivered the message God intended me to hear. Our angels
today may be more subtle than the Angels of the Bible, but their intercession
is the same if we recognize them.
Lisa Jones