Ok… we’ve finally made it to summer weather (winter just seemed so unrelenting this year in the Tennessee Valley). Feeling the warmth outside as we head into the dog-days of summer, I thought I’d give you a brief respite from the heat and tell you a little story… about snow. Snow and angels.
Gena’s story…
There are angels among us. You never know if it’s that person standing next to you in the elevator, behind you in line in the market, or even the pizza delivery guy.
One of my dearest friends worked as a full-time nanny for a very nice family of five that lived way out in the Indiana countryside. Being a mother-to-be herself, she certainly had her hands full with taking care of their children… but she did an amazing job.
I’d gone over there one weekend to spend some time with she and the kids while the parents were out of town. It was a wonderful December day and had started to get late. It was time for me to leave. It really snowed that day, so everything was completely covered. After I’d warmed my car, I was trying to back out and had somehow found myself no longer on their driveway, but instead on their lawn. That’s when I got stuck. I tried rocking the car back and forth in my attempt to get the car out, but all that did was make a mess of their yard. Feeling just awful about it, I went back inside and announced to my friend, “I’m stuck.” My friend began looking for shovels, salt, two-by-fours… anything that might help. “Surely these folks have tools; they live in the country!”
No luck.
I’d gone back out to the car to have another go at it, and was getting really frustrated. By this time, it was around 11:00p.m., very cold, and although the snowing had slowed to almost nothing coming down, it was difficult to get around since the snow from the day was fairly deep. Back in the car, I sat there thinking that I didn’t want to worsen the near-ditch I had already dug in their front yard. I couldn’t believe this. “How could I have done this?” I asked myself, I didn’t even have anyone to call for help. I started to pray. After a few minutes, for some reason I glanced down at my odometer. To my ironic horror, it read the numbers 666. I became angry and yelled, “I rebuke this!” I quickly pushed the button, resetting the odometer back to zero.
Just then, a small car with a Domino’s Pizza delivery sign on top pulled up to the house. I remember thinking, “Way out here? That’s odd.” A man got out of the car. With a big smile, he walked over and chuckled, “Looks like you could use some help.”
I was giddy with thankfulness and replied, “Oh yes… thank you! Thank you so much!”
He laughed and said he’d give it a push while I gave it a little gas.
I sat in the car and looked behind me through the rear window. The man stood behind my car, and for a few moments, he looked at it in what appeared to be a very thoughtful way. It was like he was gathering information with his smiling eyes.
“OK, then!” he called out. I pressed gently on the gas pedal… I certainly didn’t want to fling the icy slush and mud on him.
He placed his hands on the trunk of my car and forward, up, and back onto the driveway I went. I thought, “Oh my! He didn’t even lean.”
I got out of the car and was so surprised, all I could get out of my mouth was a barrage of “thank you”s and a “Wow! You’re strong!”
He laughed and asked that I be very careful out there on the road.
I went to reach for my purse in the car to give him some cash for helping me out, and when I looked up, he’d already gone all the way back to where his car was on the road. He stood by his car and waved before getting in and pulling away.
I quickly jumped into my car and backed out to the road. He was gone. No taillights…
No tire tracks in the snow.
Your prayers matter to our Father and activate angelic assistance. Remember, no prayer goes unnoticed or unanswered. I realize that, to some of you, that doesn’t make sense, when you have prayed for healing and the healing hasn’t come, or when you have suffered greatly and there seemed to be no relief. However, our prayers have been entrusted to angels until their appointed time. As allies with the angels, we must be reassured by the power of prayer and spend time regularly with God.
The Heart of Abba - Ron Phillips 
3 replies on “Angels In The Snow”
Lovely!
Pastor Ron this reminds me of an incident that happened this winter. On a day when we had so much snow I was at home from work. About 2 in the afternoon my son came to visit and pulled into the front lawn like usual. He was dropping off his bills for the week. I take care of his finances ever since he had a stroke. When he started to pull out he cut his wheels wrong and back onto the rock bank along side the driveway. We had him pull forward and then back up again. For some reason he turned his wheels the wrong way and got stuck even deeper. Just when we were thinking what to do a black truck drove by, then reversed and pulled into the driveway. A young blond man got out and asked if he could help. It did no good to push as the car kept sliding down towards the ditch. He finally pulled around in front through the neighbors yard, hooked up a chain and pulled my sons car straight forward until it was able to drive out of the yard. He put the chains back in the truck and before we could hardly think he was gone. I knew God sent an angel our way that day to help out. What are the chances a young man would be driving around on a snowy day at 2:00 in the afternoon. Isn’t our God wonderful
Wonderful!