Story of the Week, September 23 2009, Terror by Train
Hello, angel lovers. Let us not forget that September 29th is the Feast of the Archangels, on the Catholic
calendar. And the entire month of October is devoted to guardian angels. Remember to say “Thank you” to them as we go about our daily rounds. More on this next time.
The Cayces want to thank everyone who contributed in some way to their school giveaway. Each child had enough supplies to bring to school, and this was no small feat, as over a thousand backpacks were filled. (To our new angels—the Cayces live in a very poverty-stricken area of Arkansas, and the earth angels on this list send things that make their lives a little bit better.)
And here’s our story, taken from my files. Virginia, if you are still on my mailing list, please get in touch:
“When I was in my twenties,” writes Virginia, “I had three little girls, and one on the way. I had gone to visit my mother, and stayed until mid-afternoon.” By the time she decided to leave, however, the sky was darkening. Rain was definitely on the way.
Should she stay or go? This was only to have been a brief visit, so Virginia had very few supplies with her, and she could be home via the country road within an hour… Taking a deep breath, she buckled up her daughters and set out. “It wasn’t too bad in the beginning,” she says. “Thunder, lightening and a medium downpour…” But as they drove, the sky got darker, and the rain denser. Eventually, the downpour was so heavy that Virginia could not see her own hood! Terrified, she rolled the window down trying to see the road, but she couldn’t. Visibility was zero. Would another driver hit her?
Virginia knew vaguely where she was, and her fear deepened. There was nowhere to pull over, given the deep ditches along the road, and the dense forest beyond. But worst of all, a railroad crossing was somewhere up ahead. “There was only a sign posted on the crossing, not a signal,” she says, “because we were way out in the boonies.” No one would be able to see the warning sign until they were upon it. And then it might be too late.
Virginia’s daughters had fallen asleep. It would be too difficult to awaken all three and get them out of the car, in case they could somehow run to safety…. where? Possible solutions flew through her mind as she continued to inch along. the rain still coming like a flood. She prayed for direction, for safety, for her unborn vulnerable baby…and suddenly the car stopped.
Wait! She hadn’t touched the brake. Was the engine flooded? Then, to Virginia’s utter amazement, the mist cleared for a moment. Ahead of her, no more than an arm’s length from her bumper, was a moving train.
Virginia sat for a moment, dazed, as the freight cars went by. It took some time for the train to completely pass, and when it did, she was able to see a little bit better. The storm was quieting. Her family was safe. And her car started immediately.
“To this day I still believe that God sent his angel to be with us,” Virginia says. “There is no way I could have
stopped in time if not for the power of God.”
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has a similiar one. The other day I was getting ready to make a left turn on a 2 way road .(I sent this but my pc wont copy and paste it) a white truck coming from the left was coming with a turn signal on. I started to go cause there was no cars coming from the right lane. The white truck got closer and all of a suden my car stopped (my foot was on the gas) and the white truck DID NOT TURN. God and my guadian angel stopped my car from hitting the non -turning truck and prevented a bad accident. This story is revised cause of computer copy and paste problems..Thank God and my devoted guuardian angel
God Bless.
Mary