Have You Ever Been Visited by an Angel?

[hounddoghowlie]

When I was in my early teens I went swimming in the river with a bunch of friends. We all started out at an area above where we were parked, and swam down to the parking area.

Everyone had already made it to the small sandy area where we were going, but the current got me and pulled me out, and under the water. I remember thinking, 'this is how I'm going to die'. I was fighting from panic, and I hollered out, "HELP!!", when I came to the surface, and then got pulled back under again.

While I was under the water I heard a voice in my head that said, "It isn't your time yet. Stop fighting the water, and just relax. You'll be okay." So I stopped fighting, and I floated to the surface.
When I opened my eyes one of my friends had swam out to get me. He reached for my arm and pulled me out of the current, and we made it to the river's edge.
The rest of my friends watched in stunned awe! They said I scared the s*** out of them! I was shaking myself!  

The guy that came after me said when I got pulled back under the second time I just missed hitting my head on a big boulder! If I had, I would have been knocked out and drowned.

My angel had come to my rescue... again.  

in my younger hellion days, i had about 10 or 15 car crashes at speed. never got more than a scratch. been told by emt's, firefighters and troopers i shouldn't be walking away from that. i've fell several times from heights over 20 plus feet nothing but a sore leg or back. only time i broke any bones was in the Corps twice on the same arm. once was in the squad bay jumping foot lockers on roller skates, the second time same arm, rolled down Mt Mother Fucker with a radio on my back.

i can't tell you how many times my life could have be lost,or could have been seriously maimed or hurt,by the stupid shit i did.
hell when i was a kid maybe 6 or 7, me and my little brother use to go out, take a hammer and smash 22 shells on the front porch with a hammer.

then one day in my mid 30's i just stopped doing stupid shit. well not really, it's more like calculated risks now. things that i know if i'm not real careful i'll get hurt or maybe die.

there's been a couple of times that i've heard that little voice, but it's been in quiet times or in times that things were looking bad.
never heard it during all the crazy stuff, but have always known that someone was watching over me.

why i couldn't tell you, but i know they are.