(07-03-2020, 02:05 AM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: I would like to hear your experience with angels, if you have one. I know there are many who have had these beings intervene in their lives during crisis, help with one's spiritual growth, and many other reasons.

Here is one experience I will share:

Back in the 1980's my mother got up to go to the bathroom one night around two in the morning. Before going back to bed she looked out the bathroom window, and saw every light in the house on in the home where my sister lived just below her. She wondered what in the world were all the lights doing on at that time of night, knowing they had work/school that morning. She went back to bed, and called my sister the next day to ask what was going on down there?  

My sister was silent for a moment, then she told my mother that was the time her husband said he awakened from sleep to see three angelic beings standing at the foot of his bed. He described them as being very tall, with wings, and emitting an almost blinding light.
He said one of them looked at him and pointed to his right (or could have been the left... I don't remember). He said the angel didn't have fingers, but had three appendages. He didn't hear them speak, or receive any telepathic message. They just stood there looking at him, with the one pointing, then they faded away.

He was terrified and woke my sister after they left. She thought he had dreamed the whole thing, but when my mother called her about the house being lit up at that same time, it was validation that it had actually happened because my sister said everyone was in bed at that time with all the lights out. The light from the angels was what my mother had witnessed.

My brother-in-law was affected by this in a negative way for months! He thought they were telling him he was going to die. He went through a type of post-traumatic stress from this experience for over a year.

Several months later, as he was driving to work, he saw one of the angels standing on a bridge as he was about to cross it. Again, he was terrified and thought maybe he was going to go off the bridge, or maybe he was supposed to jump off the bridge. He proceeded across the bridge safely though.

He never did learn what the message was, and he is still alive today.

Do you have a story to share?

(07-03-2020, 02:16 AM)beez Wrote: I don't know if this counts, but ever since our youngest child was born, whenever he's outside (and warmer months obviously) there is a white butterfly in his location.

It doesn't matter if it's Illinois, Oregon, Utah, Germany, France, California, Wyoming, North Dakota, Connecticut.

Whenever he's outside, we'll ALWAYS see a white butterfly in his locale.

(07-03-2020, 02:23 AM)DuckforcoveR Wrote: Visited, no. Interested? Yes. 

I have a strange religious view that much of what we've heard or been taught may be true. And I'd like to sucker punch god in his face one of these days. 

But that's another story. I truly do believe his Angels watch over us, and I do believe some of the fallen ones (including their leader...) had the best interests of mankind in their mind. 

Closest I ever came was cliff diving and "not making it". I was heading towards death and in a split second I felt something say "sleep" and I blacked out. I awoke to find myself concussed (but rescued) after jumping Lost Boyz, a fitting name for what I just jumped. But to this day, I swear I didnt feel pain from the tumble I took. I was put to sleep before hitting everything on the way down and I remember that clearly.

(07-03-2020, 02:27 AM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote:

(07-03-2020, 02:16 AM)beez Wrote: I don't know if this counts, but ever since our youngest child was born, whenever he's outside (and warmer months obviously) there is a white butterfly in his location.

It doesn't matter if it's Illinois, Oregon, Utah, Germany, France, California, Wyoming, North Dakota, Connecticut.

Whenever he's outside, we'll ALWAYS see a white butterfly in his locale.

Butterflies seem to be the most used symbol used by our loved ones after passing.

My friend's mother passed away about 8 years ago. She loved butterflies. Her daughter had told her when she passed to send a butterfly to let her know she was okay.
It was just a couple of days after she passed that my friend was sitting on her front porch when a beautiful butterfly came and landed on the arm of her chair.
My friend was flabbergasted. She told the butterfly to stay put while she ran for her camera. It stayed right there until she returned and snapped a picture of it, then it floated away.

My friend said it gave her such a feeling of peace, she couldn't describe it.
I told her that her mom was keeping her promise.

ETA: The next year my friend was still having a very hard time after losing her mother, so some friends of mine helped me write a poem for her birthday from her mother.
I printed it out and attached this butterfly on the front.
The odd thing... I had already chosen this butterfly for the poem, and later after that she showed me the picture of the butterfly from her porch and it looked just like it!  WOW!

I come to you in your times of need,

Softly like a butterfly's breeze.
I give you signs so you can see,
I am always with you, when you need.

When a butterfly you happen to see,
Stop for a moment and remember me.
My love will descend as butterfly wings,
I will help you remember all good things.

I am the butterfly that keeps your heart warm.
I am always with you in every storm.
My memory lives on, I will always be,
I send you butterflies so you can see.

Think of me, and I will flutter by,
On the wings of a beautiful butterfly.
So remember and never forget,
When I come to you, my sign is set.

Happy Birthday from beyond the sky,
I will always be your butterfly

(07-03-2020, 02:52 AM)DuckforcoveR Wrote:

(07-03-2020, 02:27 AM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote:

(07-03-2020, 02:16 AM)beez Wrote: I don't know if this counts, but ever since our youngest child was born, whenever he's outside (and warmer months obviously) there is a white butterfly in his location.

It doesn't matter if it's Illinois, Oregon, Utah, Germany, France, California, Wyoming, North Dakota, Connecticut.

Whenever he's outside, we'll ALWAYS see a white butterfly in his locale.

Butterflies seem to be the most used symbol used by our loved ones after passing.

My friend's mother passed away about 8 years ago. She loved butterflies. Her daughter had told her when she passed to send a butterfly to let her know she was okay.
It was just a couple of days after she passed that my friend was sitting on her front porch when a beautiful butterfly came and landed on the arm of her chair.
My friend was flabbergasted. She told the butterfly to stay put while she ran for her camera. It stayed right there until she returned and snapped a picture of it, then it floated away.

My friend said it gave her such a feeling of peace, she couldn't describe it.
I told her that her mom was keeping her promise.

ETA: The next year my friend was still having a very hard time after losing her mother, so some friends of mine helped me write a poem for her birthday from her mother.
I printed it out and attached this butterfly on the front.
The odd thing... I had already chosen this butterfly for the poem, and later after that she showed me the picture of the butterfly from her porch and it looked just like it!  WOW!

I come to you in your times of need,

Softly like a butterfly's breeze.
I give you signs so you can see,
I am always with you, when you need.

When a butterfly you happen to see,
Stop for a moment and remember me.
My love will descend as butterfly wings,
I will help you remember all good things.

I am the butterfly that keeps your heart warm.
I am always with you in every storm.
My memory lives on, I will always be,
I send you butterflies so you can see.

Think of me, and I will flutter by,
On the wings of a beautiful butterfly.
So remember and never forget,
When I come to you, my sign is set.

Happy Birthday from beyond the sky,
I will always be your butterfly

That's the type of story that makes me wanna sucker punch a celestial being   my dad was the same way. My mom (who is divorced from my dad, they split in like '86) was devastated when he passed. As were we all. But my mom and sister have both told stories about his  song coming on the radio when sad, certain birds appearing when he's on their mind, etc. Me? I get nothing. No messages from dad, no subtle signs, nothing. Not complaining, such is life.

(07-03-2020, 02:05 AM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: I would like to hear your experience with angels, if you have one. I know there are many who have had these beings intervene in their lives during crisis, help with one's spiritual growth, and many other reasons.

Here is one experience I will share:

Back in the 1980's my mother got up to go to the bathroom one night around two in the morning. Before going back to bed she looked out the bathroom window, and saw every light in the house on in the home where my sister lived just below her. She wondered what in the world were all the lights doing on at that time of night, knowing they had work/school that morning. She went back to bed, and called my sister the next day to ask what was going on down there?  

My sister was silent for a moment, then she told my mother that was the time her husband said he awakened from sleep to see three angelic beings standing at the foot of his bed. He described them as being very tall, with wings, and emitting an almost blinding light.
He said one of them looked at him and pointed to his right (or could have been the left... I don't remember). He said the angel didn't have fingers, but had three appendages. He didn't hear them speak, or receive any telepathic message. They just stood there looking at him, with the one pointing, then they faded away.

He was terrified and woke my sister after they left. She thought he had dreamed the whole thing, but when my mother called her about the house being lit up at that same time, it was validation that it had actually happened because my sister said everyone was in bed at that time with all the lights out. The light from the angels was what my mother had witnessed.

My brother-in-law was affected by this in a negative way for months! He thought they were telling him he was going to die. He went through a type of post-traumatic stress from this experience for over a year.

Several months later, as he was driving to work, he saw one of the angels standing on a bridge as he was about to cross it. Again, he was terrified and thought maybe he was going to go off the bridge, or maybe he was supposed to jump off the bridge. He proceeded across the bridge safely though.

He never did learn what the message was, and he is still alive today.

Do you have a story to share?

(07-03-2020, 03:30 AM)LSU2018 Wrote: That gave me chills!

My dad was 23 when he lost his 21 year old brother. While at basic training for the Air Force in the early 70's, he was awaken by a jiggle on his toe. He looked towards his feet and there was his brother, told him not to worry about him because everything was ok. The next morning, the guy next to him asked what that bright glow was and dad said "You saw that?" The guy said "Oh hell yeah I saw it! I covered my head and rolled the other way." 

He had taken his GF to prom earlier that May, she was a senior. Afterwards, he, his GF, and two of their friends changed clothes and went out. He fell asleep, ran off the road, and hit a big culvert. It killed everyone except his buddy's GF. 

Fast Forward to 1998 and I'm unknowingly about to do the same thing. It's prom night and I'd taken my GF, buddy, and his GF home so we could all change and then go out. As per usual, mom told me to take out the trash before I leave. The can was at the end if the driveway so I'm heading towards it when I look towards my truck. I saw someone dressed in 60's clothes with their hair slicked back. He looked at me for a split second and ducked down in my truck. I turned around with the hair on my neck standing up and walked back to the house. Left the trash on the front porch. After telling mom I wasnt going anywhere, she filled me in that it was the anniversary of my Uncle's death.

(07-03-2020, 03:21 AM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote: Another story where I think an angel intervened was when my friend was coming down a hill in her car and her brakes gave out. She was headed straight for a big semi truck that was coming off a very narrow bridge. She had no where to go but hit him head on because the truck took up most of the room on the bridge.
There was no way she had enough space to get on the bridge with the truck.

She said she took her hands off the wheel and put them over her face waiting for the impact. When nothing happened, she took her hands away from her face and she was past the truck in the middle of the bridge.

I think an angel took a hold of the wheel and guided her safely past the truck, and it also kept the car from going over the side of the bridge!
Definitely some type of divine intervention there, and some quantum physics too, I think.