Angel Card for the Week of May 17th 2010

Hello Dear Friends of

Ano-Hou (answer to a prayer) Life Enhancement!

A couple of years back, when I was a teenager (o.k. o.k., maybe a little bit more than a couple of years ago ) living far, far away from home and family in the wild interior of British Colombia, I had the experience of being in a car driven by a drunk driver.

Yes of course in today’s world, I’m sure I would have had a few more options than I did that dark night, but as it stood at the time, I found myself with the option of taking my chances running the 20 miles back to my mountainous residence through the thickly forested bush without compass or direction, but certainly with plentiful Cougars, Grizzly Bear’s and Sasquatch as incentive to pick up the pace, OR, getting in the car with ‘Mormon Sam’ (not his real name) on the night, unbeknownst to me, that he decided to give “demon alcohol” a first taste, backed up with a good dose of, that good ol’ college try…

Five minutes into the drive, I knew we were going to crash. ‘Crazy Sam’(o.k. that’s his real name) had just that very day picked up his brand new car and wanted to ’show me what his car could do’… sigh… Faster and faster he drove as he manoeuvred the perilous cliff edges, winding and climbing the black mountain road.

The wise words of my Father ran hauntingly through my brain,
“No matter where you are, no matter what time it is, CALL ME if you find yourself in a situation with a drunk driver and can’t get home… NEVER get into a car with a drunk! I’ll come and get you.”
But Dad was 3,000 miles away and there was no(sober)body else… There weren’t any taxi’s in this remote village and there wasn’t anyone else to turn to…
I tried to rationalize the decision in my mind even as I mentally apologized to my Father for letting him down…
I pictured him sobbing over my closed casket, (the body sustained too much catastrophic damage to be displayed) asking ‘Why? OH why was my child such an idiot???’ over and over again…

I remember taking one long, last drag of my cigarette and leaning over and putting it out in the ashtray because I didn’t want a lit cigarette to ignite the fuel from the damaged and leaking gas tank after impact. I wondered how much damage the ‘case of 24′ Psycho Sam asked me to hold on my lap for the drive home would do to my insides after it shattered and impaled me. Then the final moment came…

The last thing I heard was Sam gleefully boasting, ‘95mph in fourth!’

The last thing I saw, was a telephone pole heading right for me…

The last thing I heard, was my Father’s voice…”NEVER get into a car with a drunk!”

I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever, that the only way I survived that crash was through Divine intervention and the quick work of my own beloved Guardian Angel.

It might not have been that obvious…
It may not have been that dramatic…
But I assure you, YOUR Guardian Angel has been there for you…
Sometimes, as in my experience above, their power, grace and intervention has been very,very clear. Other times, perhaps a little more subtle.

*Everybody* has a Guardian Angel (at least one) whether you believe in them or not…
Not only has your Guardian Angel been with you since you were born in this lifetime, but yours was assigned to you the very moment you were a spark that entered into an individual existence, and yours will stay with you until the very end of all time.

Feel the safety and LOVE your Guardian Angel has for you now… Ask for a name… Take the first thing that comes to you…

Take a moment and thank your Guardian Angel for their unwavering, eternal devotion to you.

GUARDIAN ANGEL

Brightest Blissings!

Have You Thanked Your Guardian Angel Today?

Rev. Aileen W. Donovan CHt. RM/T.