Angels on the boat

Amy Lynn Faulstich (written at age 9)

It's good to know that God's angel thoughts are always with us. They tell us the right things to do.

I learned about angels in my Christian Science Sunday School when our teacher had us read Mrs. Eddy's definition on page 581 in Science and Health. I like it that angels are "God's thoughts passing to man." When I practice my time tests in math, the angel thoughts are with me. When I take the test, I don't expect mistakes because I know God doesn't make mistakes.

Sometimes things happen that we don't expect, but God's angels tell us what to do. Here is an example.

One day my grandparents, my two brothers, and I were out in our boat on Lake Michigan. We decided to visit the lighthouse. We tied up the boat. Just when I was ready to jump from the boat to the lighthouse a big speedboat went by. It made high waves that rocked our boat hard.

There was just a narrow gunwale for my toes and the edge of the boat top for my fingers to hold to.

Fear said, "If you fall you could get crushed between the boat and the lighthouse wall."

But God's thoughts said, "Don't be scared, because God is here. Hang on tight." So I did. Just then an amazing thing happened. Both ropes tore loose from the moorings. This had never happened before. If I hadn't been holding on so tightly it could have been bad.

My grandfather took the boat to quiet water where I could get inside. We all said thank you to God for taking such good care of us.

Then we went back to the lighthouse. This time I made the jump. We went to the top of the lighthouse, and my grandfather took a picture of us up there. There's a Bible verse that says: "He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways."^{Ps. 91:11.}

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