Today I ask you, have you ever thought that you've had an Angel encounter?
Sometimes there are special people on this earth that remind us of the goodness of our Lord. Perhaps not angels but truly holy people. Then there are those who seem mysterious, or even leave us little precious gifts...
One day, my dear friend had an experience that made her ponder if she had, had an encounter from a Messenger of God, an Angel. I will attempt to briefly share the high points of this mysterious event.
My friend, Ami being a very good and God loving person found herself documenting a human moral/ethical issue at work. She did feel powerless and wishing that this task would disappear from her, but it did not.
In her private life she was a Youth Minister at church, and one day while talking to the Youth Planning Committee she was encouraged to continue her heartfelt work with the Youth, and perhaps become a full time paid Youth Minister. But, when she heard these words she said "Oh, no! I wouldn't be worth a nickel. I already owe God so much that I could never accept more."
The very next day at her work she was having thoughts about the colliding worlds of her vocations, her job at work and her youth ministry at church. While in thought as she was walking her daily routine, she stopped in at the mail room to pick up her mail. At first when she had unlocked the mail box she saw nothing, but then she looked again and there it was!
Looking deeper into the dark mail box Ami saw an unusual shining glimmer of a reflective light. Puzzled by this, she reached in to see what it was. Very carefully it was slid out to examined. Holding it in her hand she made these mental notations that it was about half of an inch round piece of silver metal, with a cutout design in the middle.
The design was a cross that completely spanned the middle of the piece. This was not something that would be found at her work.
Feeling perplexed she asked a few coworkers if they had received anything unexpected in their mail boxes and none had. One lady said "Divine intervention!" which was an extraordinary acclamation. As lady said this her eyes widened and she shook her head in amazement, which was not normal for this work place at all.
Later at home, Ami took this round metal object, and began to study it better... using a magnifying glass she read the words "In God We Trust" then "Liberty" and the year "1994" and on the other side "E Pluribus Unum" and "The United States of America."
This was a coin, an actual nickel that had been cut to have the cross in the middle of it. She further noticed the outline of the human ear on the coin was part of the cross.
This was a deep understanding to be a possible message from heaven "to listen up, pay more attention and take note." Also, the year stamped on the coin was "1994" which was also a revelation for Ami. 1994 was the actual year that she had started working with the youth at church.
Please as you read this story, message understand that when you have an encounter like this it leaves you almost limp and shaking to realize that heaven is actually listening to you.
The message: Ami could now see that her two vocations went hand in hand: WORK, and YOUTH MINISTRY and that "God's voice will never be silenced in our communities and institutions as long as those who have been pierced with His love and image will continue to carry Him into them within their own being."
She was set free that day in the mail room with a NICKLE put there by perhaps an Angel, a Messenger of God!
It has been many years now since this encounter and Ami hopes that this Messenger, Angel will always find her to be WORTH a NICKLE, her pierced and altered one that it is.
Wow, what an extraordinary experience Ami had that day... I ask you to stop and think about your own experiences, have you had an encounter that could have been from a Messenger of God, an Angel?
James 1:17
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