Bless this glorious angel. May it remind us to always announce the good news of your birth to the world.
I think we underestimate angels. I mean, I don’t want to worship them. When the apostle John tried that in the Book of Revelation, the angel said, “Stand up! I’m just a fellow servant.”
But, they do live in Heaven, which is pretty awesome. And they do flit about the earth doing marvelous and mysterious things. And, they must be fierce characters because almost every time they showed up in the Bible they started the conversation by saying, “Don’t be scared…”
I don’t want to freak you out, but I’ve had a couple of encounters in life where I thought I could feel the presence of angels. Okay. I probably freaked you out. But I’m pretty sure that if God opened our eyes, we’d see that angels really are “all around us” as the songs have said.
They aren’t here to wow us, but to help us. That is their job description. “Help the weak humans transcend their earth stuff and touch the supernatural things of the spirit.” Or, something like that.
At this time of year, angels show up mostly as Christmas ornaments or as little girls dressed in bed sheets for the church pageant. Those things are sweet. But let’s not forget angels are warriors. Special Forces, in fact. And they meant business when they came to announce Good News to men and Peace on Earth. They came declaring war on the world of darkness.
And… they win.