Saturday, August 10, 2013

AN ANGEL?

The news online and on television related a story that happened in Missouri this week.  Katie Lent, a 19 year young lady, was traveling on Missouri Highway 19 when a 26 year old young man crossed the center line and slammed into Katie pinning her between the steering wheel and the seat. He was drunk. Rescuers tried for 45 minutes to rescue her.  Their extraction tools could not cut through the twisted metal of her car.  The medical personnel on site warned them that she was fading fast. 

Katie asked all of them to pray with her outloud. Out of nowhere, a man dressed as a priest appeared with anointing oil.  The mysterious priest anointed her and prayed.  There was a calming effect at the scene.  The Rescue team from the Hannibal Fire Department arrived with new tools.  The new tools worked.  They were able to load her into a Medical Helicopter and send her to the hospital. 

When they finished, the team turned to thank the priest, but he disappeared just like he appeared.  The rescuers called him an Angel.  The road had been blocked in both directions so passenger traffic could not get through.  They didn't see the priest arrive or leave.  Katie is alive and recovering from broken bones and internal injuries.

When I think of this story,  I am reminded of one of my favorite Scriptures,

God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble. Psalm 46:1 NLT
What a perfect time to sing a Fanny Crosby hymn, To God be the Glory


1. To God be the glory, great things he hath done!
    So loved he the world that he gave us his Son,    
    who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
    and opened the lifegate that all may go in.
 Refrain:
    Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
    let the earth hear his voice!
    Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
    let the people rejoice!
    O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
    and give him the glory, great things he hath done!
 2. O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
     to every believer the promise of God;
     the vilest offender who truly believes,
     that moment from Jesus a pardon receives.
    (Refrain)
 3. Great things he hath taught us,
     great things he hath done,
    and great our rejoicing thru Jesus the Son
    but purer, and higher, and greater will be our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.
    (Refrain)

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