Angels watching over us
Angels are mentioned 203 times in the Bible. As a child, the pictures that were shown to me of angels, certainly did not seem to put my mind at ease. All of them were little fairy like females that appeared timid to me. I did not find any security in knowing that they were protecting me. It didn't take me long to decide I needed to protect myself. As a child we take things very literal. They see a fairy type person, called angel, and that is what they think. I needed to know that God sent Angels on my behalf, and they were capable.
The picture above is one of my favorites by Thomas Blachshear II. I have often looked at this picture and thought of the verses of how angesl surround a camp, protect against evil, fight the enemy, kick the devil out of heaven....finally Angels that I can feel secure about, knowing that GOD sends them to fight and protect, and then empowers them to carry it out. Beautiful!
Have you ever thought about angels? They evidently have a will of their own, the enemy was one. What do you think of when someone says "Angel"?
