September/October 2019

Angels on Earth magazine

Angels still visit us today to guide us, and give us reassuring evidence of God’s eternal love. Discover the angels in your own life with Angels on Earth!

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Down To Earth
I’M ALWAYS EXCITED to announce the arrival of our Guideposts annual full-size keepsake publication, The Joys of Christmas. The 2019 edition is ready to order, for yourself and as gifts for friends and family. Inside you’ll find true holiday stories t
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Keeper Of The Sparrow
I HAPPENED TO LOOK UP from my dusting just as a sparrow smacked into the window and fell, stunned. We had recently repositioned our ficus tree in front of the window to get more sunlight. Could the bird have been aiming for it? Please, God, let him b
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In the Pink
WHO IS THAT? I slowed my car near the post office entrance to study a man standing out front. He was an attractive black man, maybe in his forties. I knew him from somewhere. I pulled into the parking lot right next to him and rolled down my window.
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Angelina
FOR SALE. The sign on the pizza joint that winter taunted me. From the time I was a kid I’d dreamed of owning my own restaurant. Now here was the perfect place. Not so big that my wife and I couldn’t handle it on our own. A great location, right on t
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Unlocked
DAD WAS BORN and raised in the Pacific Northwest. As far as he was concerned, it was paradise. When we were kids, he regularly took us camping, hiking and fishing. He made sure that we loved the Cascade mountains and Puget Sound as much as he did. He
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Heaven’s Music
WHEN THE BEATLES SONG “Let It Be” debuted in 1970, it was an instant hit. The opening lines— “When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me / Speaking words of wisdom, let it be”—touched millions of listeners. Most assumed that “Mot
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A Vision to Hold On To
IT WAS ONE of those perfect New York autumn mornings—blue skies, a crisp breeze. A day when I felt lucky to live in the city. I was on my way out of my East Side apartment when the doorman waved his hand to stop me. “A plane just hit the World Trade
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Till We Meet Again
Sad as I was when my husband, Neil, died, I knew that he was okay—he was in heaven, after all, a place without pain of any kind. An eternity in God’s glorious presence. Questions plagued me, though. Could Neil see and hear us even if we couldn’t see
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Totally Tom
i STEPPED OUT of my office into the warm California sun and made my way toward Davis Street. I was on a mission: hunt down some coffee. One with sugar and cream for me, plus a few orders for my coworkers at the bank. I stopped at the crosswalk and wa
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Someone’s In The Kitchen
My husband, roger, and i have been fortunate enough to travel in Asia quite a bit. We love the food there, so I was inspired to tweak the flavor of a traditional squash soup with Thai seasonings. This spectacular orange soup with green gremolata and
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‘‘I Love You, Sissy’’
I HAD ALWAYS CALLED my father by his first name. All four of us kids called him Dean, so I thought nothing of it until I was grown. Finally I’d asked Mama why. “Your dad insisted on it,” she said, a hint of anger in her voice even though they had bee
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Personal Invitation
WHAT WAS I doing here? I’d asked myself that a dozen times since I pulled into the church parking lot. I hadn’t grown up in a very religious house. We went to a service on Christmas, maybe Easter, but not on regular Sundays. So what had brought me he
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The Collector
NICE TO BE HERE,” my 80-year-old father said to the waitress at his favorite restaurant. “At my age it’s nice to be anywhere. By the time you’re my age, you’ve learned everything. The trouble is remembering it.” The waitress laughed. We all laughed.
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One Love
FLUSTERED AND LATE as usual, I dropped off my three older kids at the library art class. What could I accomplish in this hour when I had only my baby daughter with me? One child is easier to manage than four, so this bit of time was a treasure. Unfam
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Lost & Found
AFTER MY HUSBAND DIED, I didn’t venture out much at night for fear I’d be even lonelier without him. But this evening, my daughter had convinced me to go with her to cheer on a family friend who was competing in a beauty pageant. As we took our seats
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Earning Their Wings
GINA MULLIGAN FOLSOM, CALIFORNIA Back in 2009, when I was 40 years old, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. As I went through treatment, I received more than 200 handwritten letters of encouragement, mostly from friends of friends, people I barely kn
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He Makes Winds His Messengers
AUTUMN IS A MAGNIFICENT TIME of year in upstate New York. Brilliant browns, golds, reds and oranges set the hillsides ablaze with color. Too bad my family can’t enjoy it together, I thought as I spooned baby food into my son’s mouth. At seven months
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Spirit Therapy
SUNDAY—FINALLY. It had been five days since my hip replacement, which had gone off without a hitch. The physical therapy that followed? That wasn’t going as well. It had started only a few hours after surgery. The physical therapist came into the roo
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Only Human?
OUR FIRST DAY OF VACATION in Maui dawned hot and humid. My brother, sister-in-law and I stayed in the shade as much as we could, but by late afternoon we were curious to explore the beautiful island. We walked until we came across an open-air café. T
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Daily Guideposts
I WAS IN a 12-step meeting the other day when I heard the speaker mention imposter syndrome. Before she even explained it, I knew what the condition was: the fear that deep inside, you’re not who you want people to think you are. That God knows it an
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Entertaining Angels
UNLIKE MOST of the epistles in the New Testament, the Book of Hebrews doesn’t have a name attached to it. Its author might have been Paul, although that seems unlikely because the writing lacks his usual invective and spontaneous outbursts. The tone
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Letters & Messages
Substituting for a class of first and second graders, I felt a migraine coming on. Once I got my kids off to their music class, I took the aspirin I found at the bottom of my purse, set the alarm on my phone, prayed for relief, curled up behind my de
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On A Wing And A Prayer
THE STINK HIT ME as soon as I opened my parents’ front door. I had to struggle not to cry. Obviously, I needed to investigate and then clean up whatever was causing the odor, but just the thought was overwhelming. I’d been struggling with depression

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