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Topic: Inspirational 08/25/11 Angel At Midnight
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From: Sherry's Inspirational List <sherrysinspirationallist@hotmail.com>
Date: Aug 24 08:49PM -0400
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Angel At Midnight
Author: Diane Dean White
One year while waiting to move into our own home, we rented an older house
in town. It had bedrooms that our children could share and a nice kitchen,
dining area and large spacious living room and enclosed front porch. Our
bedroom was at the front of the house and the children's were next to the
kitchen near the back.
As many older spacious homes have, this one had a large attic that had been
converted into a small studio apartment. The young man who lived there, was
always polite but would soon be moving to another area and new job.
The children walked to their schools across the street, and the stores and
library were close by. The apartment upstairs remained empty for some time.
With the coming of Thanksgiving, I was busy with preparations for the
children and the activities they were involved in. And among my daily rounds
didn't notice the young mother and her little girl until after they had
moved in. I immediately placed some cookies on a plate and took our eighth
grade daughter up the side stairway to greet our new neighbors.
A young girl in her middle twenties stood in the doorway and stepping back,
asked us to come in. Her young daughter spotted the cookies and gave us a
bright cheerful grin! You could tell they were Mother and daughter each had
lovely blond hair and kind smiles.
I introduced myself and my daughter and we talked about the area for a few
minutes, and before leaving, Jennifer volunteered to watch the little girl
if her Mother was in need of a baby sitter. It turned out that she had her
daughter enrolled in daycare while she was at work, but Saturdays she might
need to call on her. We assured her that was fine.
A few days before Thanksgiving, I realized how much I missed our own stove
and oven, which was packed away while we were renting. And I made a mental
note to clean the oven before baking my pies the next day. It was a gas
stove, and although I liked cooking over gas I'd always had an electric
stove before.
We were planning on grandparents, aunts, uncles and other family members to
come and share the day. I also sent a note up to the gal in the apartment
and invited her and her daughter to join us. She stopped by later and
thanked us but said they would be going home that night to visit her family
for the holiday.
That evening after the children were in bed, I remembered the oven and asked
my husband if he would spray the oven cleaner inside and lay papers under
it. He took care of it while I busied myself with other things, then we went
to bed.
A little after midnight we awakened to someone banging at the front the
door, and while grabbing our bathrobes, realized there was smoke all over
the place. I ran to the children's rooms as my husband went to the door.
There stood our new neighbor and her little girl. They had just arrived
home, and she smelled smoke and called the fire department. Within minutes
they came with the siren on and burst into the house. I had gathered the
children onto the front porch, wrapped in blankets, far away from the
kitchen area.
Immediately the firemen realized where the smoke had started and what had
happened. In my haste to have a clean oven, I forgot that paper to catch the
grease doesn't go under a gas oven, and although it had taken a few hours,
it had caught fire and the smoke was spreading around the house. We felt
awful. The damage was minimal, but the most important thing to us was our
three children who had been sleeping nearby were safe. After airing the
house out, with the help of our friendly fire department, we went back to
bed, thankful everyone was okay.
Thanksgiving came and we enjoyed pies baked in a clean oven! A turkey,
roasted in a clean oven and sweet potato soufflé, cranberry sauce, other
vegetables and favorite dressings and trimmings. We were truly grateful for
the Lord's protection over us and for a kind neighbor upstairs.
As we looked forward to the Christmas holiday, I watched for our neighbor
and her little girl, having made some eggnog and cookies, I wanted to invite
them in. I also had a special gift for each of them. But, the truth was,
after that evening when she came and knocked on our door, I hadn't seen
them. I made a trip up to their door and peaked in through the window, the
place was empty, as if nobody had even been there. I tried contacting the
landlord, but he didn't know anything about them. It seemed incredible; I
wanted to thank them again. And the more I thought about it, the more I
realized their short stay had possibly saved us all in an old house that
could have gone up in flames so quickly.
A Thanksgiving Day doesn't go by but what I think of the young mother and
her entrance and exit in our lives. I will never know why she was coming
home at all that night, as she had been going to visit her own family for
Thanksgiving. I know God brings many people into our lives for various
reasons. An Angel? Perhaps. What I do know for certain, is that each
Thanksgiving I remember an old house with young children, and I especially
give thanks for the messenger He sent, allowing us to celebrate many more
Thanksgiving Days, and that is my special blessing from Him.
(c) 2001 Diane Dean White Thelamb212@aol.com All Rights reserved
www.heartwarmers4u.com/members?thelamb212
"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained
angels unawares." -Hebrews 13:2
"Vergeet die gasvryheid nie, want daardeur het sommige, sonder om dit te
weet, engele as gaste geherberg." -Hebrews 13:2
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