The Angels Watch Over Us
It happened when my son Matthew was a few months old. I had decided to carry him into the living room to be close to me while I worked. There was a big, soft blanket on the floor, and I began to gently lower him onto it, holding his head in my hand. But just as I was about to put him down, with his head but a few inches above the blanket, a voice in my mind clearly said, “Stop! Check the blanket!” I would have ignored the voice, as I was sure everything was all right, but it sounded so clear and so urgent that it made me stop. As I moved one of the folds of the blanket, there it was – one of the biggest, most menacing-looking spiders I have ever seen, and exactly in the spot that I was about to place my son’s head! I shuddered as I realized that the spider was almost as big as one of Matthew’s tiny hands. I said a silent, ”Thank you, God,” while I hurriedly put the spider outside where he belonged. With the spider safely outside, I laid Matthew down on the soft, blue blanket, again giving thanks for the voice that had made me stop. I felt renewed and reassured as if he and I were in a cocoon of protection, a golden bubble of love – held dear in an angel's arms. Note: this article may be re-published freely as long as the following resource box is included at the end of the article and as long as you link to the URL mentioned in the resource box: ©Connie Bowen. Connie’s books have sold over 50,000 copies worldwide and still counting! She is the author/illustrator of the beloved children’s affirmation books I Believe In Me, and I Turn to the Light, and illustrator for The Sunbeam and the Wave, and Susan Chernak McElroy’s animal stories of Heart in the Wild and All My Relations. Inside pages of her books can be viewed and enjoyed as well as her stunning commission pet portraits at http://www.conniebowen.com Connie’s story of how I Believe In Me was created originally for her own son is featured in the last chapter of Rosemary Ellen Guiley’s book, Breakthrough Intuition.
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