June 9, Long Distance

Here's another incredible story about angelic activity. The point is that our Father God cares about all the details of the lives of His children.

“Bless the LORD, ye His angels, that excel in strength, that do His commandments, hearkening unto the voice of His word.” (Psalm 102:20)

Paul Elliott shared some stories about angels. Here is one of them:

My grandfather, grandmother, and Great Aunt Hennie were going to a place in Alabama. They were due at 6:00 for supper. There was a terrible thunderstorm. There was a bridge where they had to cross the river, but the bridge was washed out. So they had to make a detour, and the result was that they arrived at 10:00 that night. “Oh, we’re glad to have you. We’ve got the supper warm, and we’ve been waiting for you.”

“Well, weren’t you concerned about us?”

“No, we got your phone call telling us that the bridge was washed out and you’d be in
around 10:00.”

“What phone call?” My grandmother said.

They said, “The one you made about 6:00.”

And my grandfather said, “We didn’t make a phone call.”

“Oh, yes you did. We heard your voice. You said the bridge had been washed out. We’ll
have to go up the river to another place to cross it. We’ll be in about 10:00.’ ” This was intensely puzzling because they had not been at any place where they could make a phone call.

They were thankful the people had waited supper, and it was nice and warm. The next day they were all very interested. It was so intriguing that they called the phone company to inquire about long distance phone calls coming in. The phone company told the people there had been no long distance phone calls received on that date. The conclusion was that an angel had intervened to reassure the family that everything was all right.



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