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Michael, my 'angel'
I was sitting on a bus one day pondering angels. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy defines angels as “God’s representatives” (p. 299) and “God’s thoughts passing to man; spiritual intuitions, pure and perfect; …” (p. 581).
On this day, specifically, I was reading from Science and Health about the angel Michael. Michael and Gabriel are two angels described in the Bible—angels with different but equally important tasks.
As Eddy describes, “Michael’s characteristic is spiritual strength,” and so this angel messenger fights for us when we find we’re in trouble (p. 566). As I sat there, I recalled an article I had read in the Sentinel about a family that got lost while hiking (see Sharon McNott, “High on the mesa with our angel,” April 12, 2010). The grandmother had prayed for a clear message, or angel, to come their way. Soon, a man appeared on the trail to lead them to safety, and the family rejoiced. Right before they parted ways, they found out that the man’s name was Gabriel! They saw this as a clear sign of God’s constant care. In Science and Health Gabriel is described as having “the more quiet task of imparting a sense of the ever-presence of ministering Love” (p. 567). The page goes on to talk of the jobs of both Michael and Gabriel: “These angels deliver us from the depths.”
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