Now stay with me on this one–it may be a lot of rambling and not so much sense. I was on my way to work this morning and just started thinking about guardian angels. I know a lot of people don’t believe in angels, but I for one do belive in them. Now you can argue whether or not each individual person has their own guardian angel or God just sends one for us at the times when we need one I don’t know. I tend to believe the last one. The early church understood that each person had their own special angel, but I don’t think that’s what most people believe today.
So my question is this, when we have our guardian angel, whether it’s ours through life or at that moment, when Christ calls us home does the angel just sit there with their hands tied behind their back and cry because we’re dying and there is nothing they can do? Or are they rejoicing because another child is coming home? When a child is dying and Christ said it’s their time, there isn’t anything the guardian angel can do because God has called this child home, so are they just sitting there with their hands tied, crying or rejoicing? But at the same time, my thoughts are the angel is comforting the child and their family during this time. Those are just a few ramblings and my thoughts for the morning drive. Any thoughts–and I could be way off on the subject!
Psalm 91:11-12
“For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.”
Exodus 23:20
“See, I am sending an angel before you, to guard you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.”
“Piercing the Darkness” by Frank Peretti talks about angels a lot in the book. It really opened my eyes to the possibilities and the spiritual war around us.
I doubt we’ll ever really know what goes on around us until we get to heaven. But I would imagine that angels may move from person to person, depending on what situation they’re going through and what attacks they might be coming under.
There may be days we have 2 or 3 around us, others we may not have 24/7 coverage. I don’t know. But great questions and reflections.