HEAVEN SENT (..the story)

A few years back when I was in senior high school, I went for a club meeting. What we had scheduled for that day was what the executives called ‘angel -and -mortal’ and that was what we were to try out for the rest of the term. It worked like this; we all wrote down our names on pieces of papers and put them together in a basket. Now everyone was to pick a piece of paper from the basket and the person whose name you found written on that paper became your mortal and you, her angel. Now, angels were to watch over their mortals and pray for them everyday and mortals were to receive notes from their angels encouraging them and the notes were signed ‘from your angel’. This goes to say that mortals didn’t know who their angels were. At the end of the term, we got together and found out who our angels were.Personally, I thought it was a splendid idea! I didn’t know my mortal very well; she was my senior but I prayed so hard for her that by the time I was done I realized I was as concerned about her as I was about myself. Everyone was someone’s angel and everyone was someone’s mortal so you prayed and were prayed for.

Pretty much the same thing goes on in our everyday lives. Have you ever gone through trying times and it seemed as though your problems would outweigh you and you had no one to share your burdens with? You know, God knows that sometimes after talking to him, we need our fellow humans to support us too so He sends us angels. They come as everyday people and they come in the nick of time and they let us know that they’ve got our backs, and before we know we’re standing again. Sometimes when their job is done, they leave the scene. You see, God doesn’t want us to become dependent on them (for one day the arm of flesh shall fail you). Other times, we ourselves drive them away with our attitudes. Human angels don’t always come by, so when they do, you do all you can to make them see that they are appreciated.

Tyler Perry once said that in our lives there are leaves, branches and roots. The people who are roots in our lives don’t always come along, so when they do, you do what you have to do to make sure they stay. If a branch says he wants to leave, you’d better let him leave because he was never meant to stay. You may ask how to tell the difference. Just sit down and do some stock taking of your life. There are people who simply love you for you, they never ask anything in return, they cherish your advice and company, you know you can count on them to help so long as they can and even if they don’t go on their knees, they still pray for you one way or the other. Such people don’t flatter you. If you did something wrong, they let you know in very plain language that you were wrong. I guess by now you know the people I am talking about and you also realize there are very few of them. Those people are the ‘roots’ or the human angels in your life. Most often, its people like that that end up as our life partners. You have no business marrying a ‘branch’ because he or she was never designed to stay. Get the picture?

So what now? Just do what you have to do to keep those angels around because you need them and they need you. If a passing angel has to go, simply cherish every moment and time that the person blessed your life.Immortalise them in your heart. Right now I have to go tell one special angel what a blessing he has been. You also go on and do the same!


.....Wumbornyi