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My encounter with Angels.

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Ian42 Thu 19-Apr-12 18:24:14

I have encountered Angels three times in my life. By the way they do not have wings as usually stated, especially at Christmas times. My first encounter was when I had taken a group of nurses to a theatre in London. I had to wait around a couple of hours or more, so I had parked the bus/coach on the Embankment. I was feeling quite lonely at the time and had started to nod off or so I thought, when there was a knock on the bus door. At first I thought it was some rough guy looking for trouble, yet there was something different, and I had a feeling I knew him, even today I cannot explain. I shared my soft drink with him and he shared his bagels with me, and we talked, what we talked about I cannot remember it was probably spiritual and about music, books and loads of things. Anyway the time seemed to speed by and it was soon time to pick up the nurses, however I could not remember how and when he left, but I felt inredibably peaceful and no longer lonely.
My second encounter was on a train journey from Westgate-on-Sea to London, I was reading a spiritual book 'The Cross and the Switchblade.' ('The Cross and the Switchblade' is a book written in 1963 by pastor "David Wilkerson" with John and Elizabeth Sherrill. It tells the true story of Wilkerson's first five years in New York City, where he ministered to disillusioned youth, encouraging them to turn away from the drugs and gang violence they were involved with. The book became a best seller, with more than 15 million copies distributed in over 30 languages.) When at one station a group of young lads came on and started shouting about, so I kept my head down and continued to read my book. I was aware of the loud lads, but I just kept reading, I knew there was no more stations until London, however I looked up once and saw a large man sitting on the seat opposite me, he just smiled at me and I got back to my book. The lads were getting more and more rowdy, upsetting other passengers, yet they never even approached me or the man, and when I got out at the station in London the man smiled a waved at me as I walked down the platform, and I soon lost him in the crowd. To this day I am convinced he was an Angel sent to protect me.
The third encounter was very quick and simple, I had been on my first long retreat of eight days in silence and I was travelling on the underground into London after the retreat and my mind was feeling negative wondering if I had really encountered God through it. A man who was on the train when I got on, for I had sat next to him, and as he got off at a station near London he said to me; 'You encountered God this week,' and then got off. I am sure he was an Angel come to confirm to me that I had definitely encountered God.
I have no doubt about my encounters with angels, however I also know there are sceptics out there that will knock them down, it is up to you whether you believe it or not, I believe it and that is all that really matters.

Anagram Sun 22-Apr-12 23:16:41

How funny.

granbunny Sun 22-Apr-12 23:32:37

Hinduism encompasses some believers who consider the Buddha and Jesus to be avatars... of Vishnu, i think, but i might be wrong.

harrigran Sun 22-Apr-12 23:57:50

When my GD was tiny she gave me a teddy angel ornament that had written underneath " Grandmas are really angels in disguise " smile

imjingl Mon 23-Apr-12 08:36:25

Anagram grin!

imjingl Mon 23-Apr-12 08:36:56

(irony is not lost on me) sunshine

Anagram Mon 23-Apr-12 09:20:49

Of course not, jingl! wink

janthea Mon 23-Apr-12 11:26:38

I think there are people who are 'angels' but not in the religious sense and I'm sure everyone has encountered someone like over their lives.

Angels are up there with fairies, unicorns and dragons as far as I'm concerned until someone can prove otherwise and that has nothing to do with a lack of emotional intelligence or otherwise!

imjingl Mon 23-Apr-12 11:38:36

Put like that, it sounds ok. I think it was the phrasing before. [shrug]

nightowl Mon 23-Apr-12 11:40:45

Can I admit to secretly believing in angels, unicorns and fairies? Yes I know, but I still want to believe. I even believe my car has feelings. There's no hope.....smile

imjingl Mon 23-Apr-12 11:43:38

grin

(definitely fairies. they live under toadstools, and dance among flower stems)

bagitha Mon 23-Apr-12 11:47:52

Fairies wear wellies round here.

imjingl Mon 23-Apr-12 11:48:33

grin

bagitha Mon 23-Apr-12 11:51:08

They turn off the street lights too. I know this because when DD3 asked why certain street lights were still on indaylight I said it was because the street light fairies had missed the train and hadn't arrived at work yet. They normally fly over but it was too stormy. She was happy with that answer, whereas DD1, who asked the same question twenty years earlier didn't know what I was blethering on about when I tried to explain what really happened. smile

glassortwo Mon 23-Apr-12 13:07:25

What do you all think of white feathers, some people think they are a sign from someone who has passed?

Anagram Mon 23-Apr-12 13:22:46

I've read that they are a sign that an angel is hovering about.

Greatnan Mon 23-Apr-12 13:31:35

I think they are a sign that a bird has been killed.

bagitha Mon 23-Apr-12 13:47:51

Or moulted. Birds moult every year.

Who nes a sign that someone has died? People die every second.

bagitha Mon 23-Apr-12 13:48:59

Oops! missread your post, glass.

Still, I like signs to be comprehensible. Anyone who can't be bothered to make themselves clear doesn't get my ear.

imjingl Mon 23-Apr-12 14:08:58

I remember, several years back now, my DD was at a Robbie Williams concert. It was a lovely warm summer night and I was sitting outside the back door when she rang me on her mobile. She held her phone up so I could hear him singing Angels, and everyone joining in. And as I listened a white feather wafted gently to the ground.

imjingl Mon 23-Apr-12 14:09:36

Make of that what you will.

Shut up Bags.

imjingl Mon 23-Apr-12 14:09:50

Step away from the report button

imjingl Mon 23-Apr-12 14:19:29

bagitha where you gone?!

You're making me nervous.

Jacey Mon 23-Apr-12 15:01:49

Sorry Ian42 ...I know this is somewhat off your original post ...but threads do wander

This mention of white feathers and their significance ...angel hovering, someone's passing ...the prosaic death/moulting of a bird ...but can anyone tell me when they came to signify cowardice? confused

Anagram Mon 23-Apr-12 15:03:54

Oh yes! That's another one. I don't know why - was it something to do with chickens, perhaps?

bagitha Mon 23-Apr-12 15:09:36

Yo, jings! grin [chuckling in an evil way]