“So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.” I Samuel: 18
“And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD,…There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.” I Samuel 2
After our discussion on angels during our last Roundtable, I couldn’t but help think that Hannah whose story is in our Thanksgiving Lesson was responding to angel messages even when her situation seemed helpless. She expressed such faith, devotion and gratitude.
“ANGELS. God’s thoughts passing to man; spiritual intuitions, pure and perfect;” Mary Baker Eddy
This also inspired me to read more about what Mary Baker Eddy has written about angels. I was surprised to find 42 references in the Science and Health and 66 in Prose Works.
We were also encouraged to read, Angels by Martha Wilcox. “As a rule angels come suddenly, but in a timely way. They usually come as promptings or as restraining intuitions. Isaiah portrayed the appearing of angels to our mentalities when he wrote, “Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.” (Isaiah 30: 21)”
I believe if King Asa from out Bible Lesson this week had heeded the angel messages ever available he would not have turned away from God the later part of his life. It was a good lesson in the importance of maintaining our relationship with God.
The angels are always there is we would avail ourselves of them. As we are taught here, this takes humility and getting ourself out of the way. I have a much greater appreciation of angels and preparing our hearts for hearing their messages. Like Paul in last week’s lesson we have , “… by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,..Saying, Fear not,…” Acts 27