IMY STORY ACTUALLY STARTS ON A COLD DECEMBER DAY BACK IN 1959 WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD. I WAS ADOPTED AT TWO AND FROM THAT TIME ON I WAS A VICTIM OF THE MOST HORRENDOUS CHILD ABUSE.I WAS NOT THEIR CHILD, I WAS THEIR MAID,GARDNER,COOK AND WHATEVER ELSE THEY NEEDED OR WANTED ME TO BE OR DO. THE REASON I AM TELLING YOU THIS IS SO YOU WILL HAVE AN INSIGHT INTO THE EVENTS THAT LED UP TO THAT COLD DECEMBER DAY..WHEN A MIRACLE HAPPENED. IT HAD BEEN SNOWING AND RAINING ALL NIGHT ANS MOST OF THAT DAY. SCHOOL HAD BEEN CANCELLED AND I HAD A LIST OF CHORES TO DO IN THE HOUSE AND NOW IT WAS 3:30 AND I HAD TO SHOVELING THE EQUALIVANT OF A SQUARE BLOCK OF 5 FEET OF SNOW AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE. THEY WOULD BE HOME AT 5 PM AND I KNEW THAT IS I DIDN'T GET IT DONE BEFORE THEY GOT HOME I WOULD FACE THE WRATH OF MY FATHER. IT WAS STILL RAINING AND SNOWING WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE AND I HAD NO COAT OR MITTENS TO KEEP ME WARM. THE SNOW BEING VERY HEAVY AND WET MADE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO LIFT. I HAD GOTTEN ONLY 1/4TH OF THE WAY THRU IT AND STOPPED TO TAKE A BREATHE. MY HANDS WERE BLUE FROM THE COLD AND I WAS WET AND COLD. I KNEW THAT IF THIS WASN'T DONE BY THE TIME THEY GOT HOME I WOULD HAVE TO FACE MY FATHER'S WRATH AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I FEARED MOST. I LOOKED AROUND AND THE STREETS WERE COMPLETELY DEVOID OF PEOPLE AND I WISHED I COULD HAVE THIS ALL DONE AND BE INSIDE WHERE IT WAS WARM AND NOT OUT HERE IN THE COLD. IT WAS TOTAL SILENCE AND YOU COULD HAVE HEARD A PIN DROP THAT DAY.FINALLY I TURNED BACK TO MY TASK AND HAD JUST TOSSED MY FIRST SHOVELFULL OF SNOW WHEN I FELT A WARM HAND ON MY SHOULDER AND HEARD A VOICE SAY 'WHAT IS A CHILD LIKE YOU DOING OUT IN THIS RAIN WITH NO COAT SHOVELING THIS WET AND HEAVY SNOW?' I TURNED AROUND ,STARTLED BY THIS SOFT AND GENTLE VOICE,AND SAW THE MOST HANDSOME MAN I HAD EVER SEEN.HE HAD AN AURA OF WHITE AND PALE YELLOW LIGHT ALL AROUND HIM AND HE WAS VERY TALL. HIS EYES WERE THE BLUEST I HAD EVER SEEN. HE HAD SHORT CURLY HAIR AND WAS DRESSED IN BLUE JEAN JACKET AND PANTS WITH A RED FLANNEL SHIRT AND COWBOY BOOTS. HIS SMILE WOULD WARM EVEN THE COLDEST OF HEARTS. I WAS TOTALLY AWESTRUCK BY THIS MAN WHO APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE AND IT TOOK ME A MINUTE OR TO TO REGAIN MY COMPOSURE BEFORE I COULD SPEAK. I TOLD HIM THAT I HAD TO DO IT AND GET IT DONE BY A CERTAIN TIME OR I WOULD FACE THE WRATH OF MY FATHER AND THAT I COULD NOT DO. THE PAIN FROM THE COLD IN MY HANDS AND THE FACT THEY WERE BLUE WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO MY FATHER'S WRATH. HE TOOK OFF HIS JACKET AND GENTLY ORDERED ME INTO THE HOUSE SAYING HE WOULD FINISH IT.I PROTESTED SAYING THAT MY FATHER WOULD KNOW AND THAT THE NEIGHBORS WOULD TELL IF I LET SOMEONE ELSE DO IT. I COULDN'T PAY HIM DOING IT EITHER. HE SAID NOT TO WORRY AND THE NEIGHBORS WOULDN'T TELL ANYONE ANYTHING. I STILL INSISTED THAT IF HE DID IT MY FATHER WOULD FIND OUT AND I WOULD BE IN MORE TROUBLE THAN HE COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE. HE SAID HE ALREADY KNEW THAT AND NOT TO WORRY. I FINALLY RELENTED AND MADE HIM PROMISE TO AT LEAST COME INTO THE HOUSE FOR SOMETHING TO EAT AND HOT CHOCOLATE. HE AGREED. AS I SLOWLY WALKED TOWARDS THE HOUSE I WONDERED HOW COULD HE POSSIBLY KNOW ALL ABOUT ME, WHAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH AND WHERE IN THE WORLD DID HE COME FROM? ONLY MOMENTS BEFORE THE STREETS WERE TOTALLY EMPTY AND DEVOID OF PEOPLE AND CARS. I ALSO THOUGH IT STRANGE THAT WHERE I WAS STANDING THERE WERE ONLY 2 SETS OF FOOTPRINTS. THERE WERE NONE LEADING UP TO WHERE HE STOOD IN FRONT OF ME. I SHOOK IT OFF AS A WILD IMAGINATIONS AND THAT I MUST BE GOING CRAZY! I HAD AN OLD WORN OUT BIBLE WHICH WAS GIVEN TO ME AND IT WAS MY ONLY SOLACE FROM THE CONSTANT ABUSE I WAS GETTING. I READ IT ALL THE TIME AND BOY DID I PRAY ALOT..NOT EVEN FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE GOD I WAS PRAYING TO. I WOULD PRAY EVERYTIME MY FATHEE WOULD HURT MEAND WHEN I WAS SO TERRIFIED I COULD NOT GO TO SLEEP BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID THAT MY FATHER WOULD RETURN TO MY ROOM AGAIN IN THE NIGHT I WOULD HIDE IN MY CLOSET,DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM MY FATHER,BUT IN THE END IT NEVER DID ANY GOOD AND IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER ON IN MY LIFE I WOULD REALIZE THE SIGNIFICENCE OF THIS MAN WHO WAS OUTSIDE SHOVELING THE SNOW AND DOING MY TASK. I CHANGED FROM MY WET CLOTHES TO DRY ONES AND WENT TO SEE WHERE HE WAS BEFORE I MADE HIM SOMETHING TO EAT. (I HAD ALREADY PUT THE MILK ON TO WARM BEFORE CHANGING CLOTHES) I COULDN'T SEE HIM ANYWHERE. AS I RAN TO THE LIVING ROOM WINDOW I THOUGHT 'THIS IS JUST A CRUEL JOKE AND I WILL HAVE TO GO BACK OUTSIDE TO FINISH WHAT I HAD STARTED'. BUT WHEN I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW I COULD SEE IT DONE AND I WAS GLAD. I WENT BACK TO THE KITCHEN TO FINISH MAKING HIM SOME CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP AND A SANDWICH. I WENT BACK INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND COULDN'T SEE HIM. I WENT BACK TO THE KITCHEN AND AS I GOT HERE HE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND I LET HIM IN. I GAVE HIM BACK HIS COAT,AND AS HE ATE WE TALKED. WE TALKED OF GOD AND HIS LOVE AND I WAS AWED BY HIS KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND THE GLOW ON HIS FACE WHEN HE SPOKE ABOUT GOD.HE FINISHED HIS MEAL AND HAD ASKED ME HOW I WA GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT I HAD TAKEN FOOD AND I TOLD HIM THAT I HAD EATEN IT. HE SAID HE HAD TO GO BECAUSE MY PARENTS WILL BE HOME IN 15 OR 20 MINUTES. THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO THIS STORY BUT I DON'T WANT TO BORE YOU WITH IT. JUST KNOW HE STAYD AROUND FOR YEAR BEFORE HE DISSAPEARED THE SAME WAY HE APPEARED. How it changed my life:THRU ALL MY TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS AND THE MIRACLE OF THIS ANGEL AND OTHER ANGELS I HAVE GROWN INTO A COMPASSIONAT AND CARING PERSON WHO HAS BEEN GIFTED WITH THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND HELP OTHERS IN ANY GIVEN SITUATION, SUCH AS CHILD AND SPOUSAL ABUSE, MISSING CHILDREN, TERMINAL ILLNES AND DISABILITIES. GOD'S LOVE IS UNCONDITIONAL AND NEVER ENDING AND THRU LIFES LESSONS..NO MATTER HOW HARSH OR CRUEL OR GOOD LIFE IS TO YOU YOU LEARNS SOMETHING EVERYDAY. HOW YOU APPLY THAT LESSON TO YOUR LIFE IS UP TO YOU. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I HAVE LEARNED IS THAT THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN WHAT YOU SEE WITH YOUR PHYSICAL EYES AND HEAR WITH YOUR PHYSICAL EARS.WHAT WE DO HER,WHAT WE LEARN AND HOW WE TREAT EACH OTHER IS IMPORTANT AND VITAL TOTHE HUMAN SPIRIT AND EVERLASTING LIFE.
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