Look-Alike Angels

Looking back at this major event in my life, I now wonder if I encountered an angel?

1979- I was 16 y.o., my father had died 2 months before of a heart attack and I was with him. My mom had been diagnosed with lung cancer, and had her left lung removed a few days before.

We were not a believing family, but I was saved at 4 y.o. old in the neighborhood church and did attend there through out my childhood, but I attended alone. So I knew about God, and that I could pray and talk to Him.

I was not following Christ as a teenager, but I did pray every night. I prayed alot for my mom. “God, please dont let her die” was my mantra of rumination, all day and all night. I never told a soul and God was my secret.

Anyways, in 1979 I was standing in line at the bank, and in walks the doctor who did my moms surgery. I recognized him right away. No one had answered my question for me, all of the adults in my life avoided this discussion with me. : Was my mom going to die? I dont know where the boldness came from but I decided to ask the doctor if my mom was going to live, in line at the bank. He answered me and told me yes my mom was going to live and she was going to be healthy. I believed him. I had peace.

My mom refused radiation and chemo, I dont remember exactly why except that her friends who had chemo became quite sick and died. She watched then die and decided she would rather die from the disease than the chemo. My mom was not a believer. It took my mom a few years to recover and her remaining lung to upgrade its function, to two lungs, but she did recover. She lived life to the fullest, dancing, swimming, snow shoeing and hiking, all with one lung. In her later years she developed COPD, but everytime I took her to the hospital for unrelated assessment, her lung function was at 98%. I would often forget to to tell the nurses she only had one lung, and they would be shocked when they measured her oxygen levels. They would repeat the tests, readjust the equipment to make sure it was working properly.....ha ha ha.

My mom passed away in 2011 at the age of 88 y.o. She snow shoed till she was 75 y.o. I led her to the Lord a few years before her death.

I now wonder if that doctor in line at the bank was an angel, because who could predict such a marvelous outcome for my mother except God Himself? Statistics at the time said only 5% lived to 5 years with her diagnosis.

Praise God for His mercy! Praise Him!

I'm reviewing your stories today and I remember my mother, age 90, locked herself out of her house one day and as she was looking for the hidden key, a man from the doctors' parking lot nearby came over and asked if he could help her. He reached the key for her and she was able to get back into her house. When she told me about this, I asked what color the man's car was. She said white. I recall from other stories that angels often drive white cars. Then in my mind (or spirit) I realized the angel looked like my dad who is deceased a few years ago. So I think it was my dad's angel keeping an eye on my mother. He looked (in my mind's eye at least) like my dad which may be why she was not startled by his appearance.

I am growing in the Lord, and never heard of communicating so closely with the angels. Is there a teaching somewhere on this? I would love to learn more about this.

Excited,

Karen