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I was working in a café tending to the
bakery and restaurant at the age of 19 called Flamingo café. I did not
know that when I went to work this particular week that I would be laid
off from my job and out of food money for the month; additionally, I never
imagined that I would encounter one of God’s angels that visited me and
watched me daily from behind his newspaper and in the private company of
his coffee every morning. Please note that at this time in my life, I was
seeking the unknown God and hoping in my heart to be lead to a church. I
was spiritual, depressed, alone, and seeking a God in my mind and heart
but did not know that Jesus would find me, first. I was reading the bible
alone in my studio apartment with lit candles and a broken heart. But, low
and behold, when I was working behind a counter and covered by an apron,
one day I was approached by the older man with white hair, a partially
bald head, rosy flushed cheeks and eyes light blue. His face was a chubby
round shape and his eyes were so light that they almost looked like the
eyes of an albino. Apparently, God’s angel was observing my every move
and listening to my conversations on a daily basis for many months,
without my acknowledgment; I learned after the fact, that he was studying
me as if I was God’s experiment and his personal assignment. To
understand my encounter with an angel, it is important to know a little
history of my past life and experiences.
So, at this particular time in my life,
I was a lost soul. I had lost my dad to alcoholism at the age of 9, my
mother abandoned me for a time and attempted to commit suicide when I was
in high school, and I was raised in a dysfunctional home born into a
family that was divorced, broken and mentally abusive. So, when I carried
all this pain and loneliness in my mind and heart, this is why I was
secretly seeking the unknown about heaven and God; so, in dealing with
issues of abandonment, I experimented with drugs, sexuality, and the
temptations of this world. I never desired sin but I just fell into Satan’s
trap and was lead down the wrong road by the black sheep called peer
pressure and a lack of parents to raise me. I did not lie, cheat or steal
since birth, but I was dragged into sin of the world. Since I did not have
parents to be a Shepard and lead me in the right direction, I was diverted
off of God’s Holy pathway. When I sat alone in my room surrounded by
candles and a bible, I did not expect to be approached by God’s Holy
angel. It all happened my last week before I was laid off from work.
One day, this stranger of a man did more
than order coffee and sit behind his newspaper each morning by the same
window table. He approached me, asked me to come outside, and he told me,
"I know that you will not believe me when I tell you this, but I am
an angel of God. I am God’s messenger and I was assigned to you in your
life to protect you and lead you to Jesus. I am supposed to stop you from
living your life in sin. I am supposed to pull you away from living the
life of this world, full of sin, darkness and disobedience." He
handed me a letter that was long and written in back cursive that was at
least 7 pages long. He began to prophesy and tell me not to go on these
two dates with boys that I had arranged that particular weekend. He went
on to warn me about sexuality, God’s desire for me to live a clean and
sinless life and to stay away from men, alcohol and the temptations of
this world. He spoke about heaven and hell. After he was done, he tried at
least three times to hand me 50 dollars. I refused and politely rejected
his offer. After all, I was a giver, not a taker. I was embarrassed to
accept such a gift. He managed to secretly sneak the money into my apron
pocket and told me that I will need this money. After this incident, he
left, disappeared and I never saw him ever again. The very next day after
he gave me the money and the letter, I was laid off from my job. The
company was going out of business and God’s Holy angel prophesied about
the dangers of this world and about me loosing my job. If I did not accept
his money, I would have starved for that month.
After this experience, I realized after
my first encounter with my guardian angel that if it were not for his help
and God’s divine message, I would not have been baptized, and I would
not have been saved as a new born Christian who had received God’s
forgiveness and mercy. From that day forward, I found a church of my own
for the first time in my life, I quit sex, drugs and alcohol and I met
Jesus for the first time. I could have ended up dead or in hell if it were
not for God’s Holy angel that was personally delivered to me by the
hands of God, in the name of Jesus. I thank you, Jesus, for saving my soul
and for protecting me under the shelter of your wings and the help of my
assigned angel. Hallelujah!
By,
Courtney Elizabeth Maas
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