Recently we have been running a special and including color prints of the Blue Angel in all of the books we have been mailing out. A friend of mine, Wendy, asked if I could send her a Blue Angel print and I happily agreed. Wendy wrote me a few days later to express her thanks and asked if I had intended to send her two of the prints. Apparently two prints had just stuck together so Wendy had an extra.
It happened the next day that Wendy's son-in-law had to have his favorite cat Ranger put to sleep. Wendy said he was pretty distraught about it. All of us who have had to put down a beloved pet can sure identify with the sadness and feeling of loss that he was experiencing. Wendy, remembering that she had the extra Blue Angel print she gave it to him and it made him feel much better.
Some people would see no significance in such a trivial occurrence. "Two prints just got stuck together by accident", they would say. But I think that this is just an example of God working in the wings of our lives. I believe that Father God foresaw the loss her son-in-law was about to experience and set the wheels in motion that he would receive some comfort in the form of a simple angel image.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Have a purrable day...
Nick
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