A Christmas Angel: True Stories of Gifts from Angels at Special Times. Jacky Newcomb
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in human lives. It’s their divine and inspired role, their assigned task.
There are recorded stories of angels helping in war-torn areas, saving people from falling off cliffs and lifting cars in the air to a place of safety to avoid vehicle crashes. They’ve moved people away from out-of-control vehicles and urged them in another direction to keep them from getting hurt. They appear at the bedside of the sick and walk alongside those who are frightened or grieving. Some have felt them, some have smelt them, others have sensed their touch and many more have seen them.
Lots of people are happy to talk about their angel experiences. Many of their stories fill the pages of my books. Others are more reluctant. They feel their angel contact to have been nothing short of miraculous. They feel their experiences are to be whispered, treasured, as secret, private moments of pleasure and comfort, joy and peace. These people feel their encounters were meant just for them and them alone, and I respect that point of view … But luckily for me, not everyone feels that way, and without these people there would be no books of angel experiences. I have always shared my own angel and afterlife visits with my readers. In fact, I feel I have been blessed with so many for that very reason: I was meant to share them. Telling the world about angel experiences, including my own, is my life’s mission.
Your loving experiences come from all over the globe. There is no age barrier to having an encounter. Babies and the elderly see them equally. You may believe in angels or not – they still come to us in our time of need. Many start believing in angels only after they have had an encounter, which makes a lot of sense when these beings are so elusive in our day-to-day lives. It’s truly a challenge to believe in something that you’ve had no contact with, or maybe no interest in, before. Some tell me that they want to believe in angels but aren’t sure how they can make the leap between wanting to believe and believing. These books of angel experiences do help. It always amazes me that people who don’t know each other, who have never met or spoken with each other, can have very similar experiences in their lives. They may come many years apart, and the individuals may have nothing in common at all, no shared interests, yet angels come to them in their hour of need. Their encounters may connect them at many different points.
I love to talk about my own angel visits … and there have been many. Angels often appear to me when I sleep. They also come to me when my body is relaxed in meditation. My mind works best when it’s open to their contact, in an altered state of consciousness. This may also include the day-dreaming state we get into, when our minds are bored of what our hands are doing – they are fed up of making beds or washing up! People tell me they have extraordinary angel experiences while simply staring out of the window, wiping down a table or when their mind wanders during a boring speech. Your angel might reach out to you when you’re waiting for your name to be called at the doctor’s surgery or taking a bath or shower. They are waiting for us to idle our time away or mull something over. We create a little space in our waking consciousness for them to reach through and make their presence known. There is no perfect time, but lots of opportunity. Angels reach out to us in our time of need, when we are unsafe, sad or lonely. They are always here for us and inventive at finding out new ways to let us know.
Over the years I’ve recorded stories of angels helping humans in many ways. They love to help in times of danger but might also appear to simply hold your hand when you need a little reassurance. Your guardian angel (your personal guide and protector) will always be close by but will draw a little closer when you need support. Your angel is aware of the extremes of emotion we humans feel and will pick up on your energy when you are anxious, scared or unwell. During these occasions you are more likely to feel their presence. You may even hear them. Angel music (like a choir of harmonious voices) is an occasional gift from these loving beings. Angels use all of our human senses to make themselves known to us. Visually appearing to us (when we are awake) is the least likely way they will come to us (but surprisingly the way most people expect to encounter them, even though this would potentially be more frightening and less comforting!).
Our religious books show us that angels act as a contact between heaven and earth; they are a feature of many faiths. They reach up to God our creator to bring his messages down to earth to humankind – they are intermediaries and diplomats. There is even archaeological evidence for the existence of angels in earlier times. One appears in the form of a stele (a stone or wooden slab, carved and erected as a monument for commemorative purposes). This early carving commemorates King Ur-Nammu in Egypt (225 BC) and in the image winged beings are shown flying over the king’s head while he prays. Perhaps ancient people saw angels in their physical state just as it seems to show in the Bible. I guess we’ll never know for sure.
Hopefully this latest collection of angelic experiences will open your mind a little more to the love that they bring us. Angels can draw close at any time, but these stories show how they visited during specific moments of importance. If you have had experiences like these, I’d love to hear from you. What do you think of these stories?
Chapter 1
Angels love to connect with us on special occasions in our lives. As humans we send out an energetic signature at these times that the other side picks up. Valentine’s Day is no exception. Angels are part of much ancient religious symbolism. Even today, they appear in many forms for different occasions, like births, deaths (funerals) and, of course, Valentine’s Day rituals. Cupid has become part of our culture, a traditional symbol that represents love. His image often appears on lovers’ Valentine’s cards alongside flowers and hearts.
I’m sure you are familiar with him – this cheeky little boy with wings is easily recognised with his bow and arrow: a baby angel! Lovers are often said to have been struck by Cupid’s arrow. His image is now associated with love, passion, desire and attraction. Unsurprisingly, more than one online dating site uses the name Cupid. You can see why, can’t you? Over the years, numerous people have written to tell me that they felt an angel, or a deceased loved one, help them find the love of their life.
I always felt I was struck by Cupid’s arrow myself. This little cherub stabbed me with his arrow nearly 30 years ago. Sitting in a pub with my (then) boyfriend (let’s call him ‘M’), John (my now husband) walked in with a group of friends. They were having a lot of fun together, laughing and teasing each other. The group had been part of a local sports team and had just won a big game (I forget what they were playing, but it was probably hockey).
One of John’s teammates picked me out and urged John to sit on my lap in the crowded bar; it was suggested as a type of bet and he duly did so. 1) My boyfriend ‘M’ was not amused. 2) Later I realised how out of character this act was for John. 3) I liked it! The strange thing was that as he sat on my lap (this almost-stranger whom I vaguely recognised from school), I heard a voice in my head say to me, ‘This is the man you are going to marry!’ No one could have been more surprised than me. Yet we didn’t actually get together until a year later. We then dated for two years before we married; we chose the weekend closest to Valentine’s Day (nowhere was available on the actual day – still, we tried!).
John and I have been married for over 30 years and I still tease him about that day. Even now he wonders how he had the nerve to do something so cheeky. Perhaps he, too, was encouraged in his behaviour by Cupid – our own loving angel! John has never been one for practical jokes; I always felt Cupid had hit us both with his arrow that day, although it seems that only I got the message from the angelic voice. Maybe only one of us needed to hear … I’m not complaining! Have you felt an angel, maybe Cupid himself, help connect you with your true love?
Karen had a very special ‘someone’ on the other side of life. Their relationship was difficult on the earth side of life because he was a public figure (and I’ll still avoid using his name here out of respect for his memory). When he died, Karen and her love were able to be together … just in a different way. Over the years he acted as a guardian angel to her from the heaven side of life. As time went on she felt the connection grow between them. So strong was his spirit that she was able to ask for advice and ‘hear’ his answers. He would warn her when there was danger, comfort her when she