CORNINESS/SWEETNESS RATING: 10/10
This morning as I was thinking about something with which I was having a small problem, I clicked on today’s inspiremetoday.com’s interview with Sophy Burnham. She reminded me of my past encounters with angels.
In the interview, she says, “How can you learn to see them? You ask. You simply ask: ‘Show yourself,’ you say. ‘I want to see you. Let me know that you are there.’ “
I thought, OK, I’ll try that. I said it out loud. And I laughed out loud as I saw right away that I was expecting some kind of white-robed, human-shaped being to come into my view–pretty silly–I know that angels take many shapes.
It was slightly overcast this morning, the light mellow, muted. As I gazed at my garden outside my window after I asked the angel(s?) to appear to me,
the light slowly started to grow and grow, getting so bright I had to shade my eyes. I wasn’t seeing any human-shaped angel, but boy, how could I deny that my garden has been my own special angel?
It brought tears to my eyes–yup, I’m a sappy gal sometimes–and I thought of all the times I had gone out to sit with my wonderful plants and just drink in their peace.
I have a few fern plants that are over 6 feet tall, and I love to go stand in them, feel their presence all around me. They calm me down and help me feel centered and grounded.
My straggly volunteer tomatoes and papaya trees are fast friends, the tomato vines draping themselves all over the huge, hand-shaped leaves of the papaya, almost like it’s saying, just lean on me, everything will be OK.
Why do I tell you this? Because it’s my belief that we can find angels anywhere. And that we can nurture them, too, as they nurture us–by looking at plants, animals, birds, landscapes with love in our eyes and a full heart.
And when we want and need it, we can lean on them, know they are there, lighting up our lives.
Ask for your angels to appear, and look with your inner eyes. Do it now, and if you don’t believe they are there, suspend belief for a few minutes just to give it a try.
I hope this has made your day a little brighter, too! Comments are open!
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