The winter edition of Baylor Magazine featured a story about what Americans think and believe about angelic beings. "The co-directors of the Institute for Studies of Religion were surprised when more than half of those responding to their latest survey on religious belief said that a guardian angel protected them. Fifty-five percent of Americans surveyed - not just evangelicals, but the entire United States -agreed with the statement, 'I was protected from harm by a guardian angel.'
Dr. Rodney Stark describes the result as 'extraordinary' in a new book detailing the findings called WHAT AMERICANS REALLY BELIEVE. 'I would have believed 10 percent or less would have had an experience with a guardian angel.'
Stark also tells a story that a journalist related to him at a news conference where the survey results were unveiled. She recounted her own experience of years before, when she was pregnant. Wearing high heels, she stepped off a curb and started to fall. Before she hit the ground, she felt hands on her arms, lifting her up. But when she looked around, no one was there. She believes a guardian angel saved her from harm.
Another man reported to the Baylor researchers his account of being pulled from a burning car by a rescuer he never saw."
I am wondering if any of you blog viewers have had experiences such as these. Talk about servant leaders, angelic beings must be counted at least as servants.
1 comment:
My mom had an angel experience when she was a child. She stepped off the curb without looking.
Right at that moment she felt a hand on her shoulder. She was pulled backwards right as a speeding car went racing by her.
She turned around to see who it was and no one was there.
My mom shared this story with me years ago and I will never forget it! It is so amazing that God surrounds us with angels. :)
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