Beneath the Wraps

             Who or what are ministering angels?   Angels are not necessarily heavenly beings.   Angels come in forms of next door neighbors, friends in the community, even strangers.   I may have related the experience that Roland shared with me about a time in his youth he had picked up a peer who had either been later for work, stuck in the rain, missed the bus . . . or whatever.   We don’t know her story only that she was grateful that Roland had “rescued her” and still thinks about how he saved even to this day.           I have been grateful for many occasions when others have served me – such as giving me a lift or changing a flat tire when I have been stranded or coming to my rescue when my family has been in need of food.   We have had many angels serve us and we in turn serve others – often those we had not even met before but feel prompted to pay it forward and will cont...

          For the most part I turn off my phone before I go to work.   I leave it in my bag and do not carry it around with me.   I’m in class, after-all .   It’s not like I can answer it or have a conversation.   On Tuesday morning I went into Roland’s office to tell him that I was leaving to go to Canyonville.   Only he wasn’t in his office.                     The front door had been left open indicating to me that he must be outside.   I still couldn’t find him.   I called out his name but he did not answer.   As I pulled out of the driveway I saw him on the hill wearing a blue shirt.   He must have fallen shortly after I pulled out of the driveway – long before I got to Canyonville.   Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately as I did not allow myself time to freak out) I did not get his message ...