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Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel.

Saint Augustine

Amazing angel stories are being shared all over the world, right now. Our guardians and loved ones on the other-side are sending their love to us every day, and more and more folk are having divine intervention in their lives on a day-to-day basis.

Many people believe that these experiences are ‘stepping up’ now because the angels are beginning to draw close to us, ready for massive spiritual changes in the world population. There is no doubt that the little pockets of people who are spiritually aware are growing at a massive rate. Even though wars still rage all over the world, there are people who bring hope to these negative spaces.

A single torch in a dark space brings light and hope. Imagine the effect of two torches, or four? Angels are beginning to appear in many people’s lives. People who at one time had no belief or interest in these miraculous celestial beings are now beginning to open their hearts to them. Angels bring their messages of hope and affection, spreading the word as they go. Each astounding angel encounter now spreads around the world like ripples on a pond.

Some of these fascinating stories are about our loved ones and angels helping us with simple tasks; sometimes the ‘angel’ appears to be human, and at other times these stories are extraordinary and even life saving. Most mesmerizing is when an angel experience happens and you are left wondering, ‘What was that?’ Sometimes if we are lucky, the ‘angels’ will leave a little symbol or calling card behind. A white feather is a common sign, but sometimes the sign might be a flower, a coin or even a little angel lapel pin!

Angels let us know they are around in a thousand subtle and not so subtle ways. An angel is a majestic being sent from God for our protection and guidance. Angels are pure love and guardians of humankind. Angels don’t have their own free will in the way that humans do, and their role is God’s bidding. This they do with great devotion.

But we sometimes call humans ‘angels’ too. When someone has ‘been there’ for us during our time of need, we say, ‘Thank you, you are an angel.’ Yet still a few people feel that angels are part of the paranormal or the occult (which simply means ‘the unknown’), which in a way they are but really this is because we know so little about them…at the moment. Do not be afraid of this wave of heavenly love! Embrace it!

Angels can perform miraculous life-saving feats as well as bring us comfort and great joy. But angels come in a variety of disguises. Sometimes people write and ask me, ‘Can my grandma be my angel?’ We will see in a later chapter that although our loved ones in the afterlife are not actually guardian angels they can be there for us in a comforting and supportive role and CAN even save our life on occasion! So they can certainly act as guardians even if they are not actually angels in the traditional sense of the word.

I wanted to explore ‘angels’ in every sense, including traditional angel experiences, our loved ones in the afterlife, our animals on the other side and even real-life human angels on this side of life. Life, and indeed the afterlife, is full of astonishing and uplifting experiences.

Let’s begin our journey with Olivia’s story.

Angels Saved a Drowning Man

One summer when I was just fifteen years old, my youth group went to a church camp in Arkansas. On one particularly hot day, our leaders decided to take us to a nearby river to cool off. The first part of the river was very calm and placid, in fact it actually resembled more of a lake, and we spent several hours swimming around. As the afternoon wore on, we discovered that further on down the river was a small waterfall and a deeper area to swim in. It was beautiful and we decided to move down to this area to swim around.

Although the water did not appear to be deep at all, the youngest of our leaders, a twenty-five-year-old man, decided to jump in and see how deep it was. He was a certified diver and we didn’t question his swimming ability at all. My best friend and I sat down beside another of our leaders to watch the others and to top up our suntans.