No joke. I am 99.9% sure I encountered a real angel just a few years ago at Christmas at my workplace...
Do not forget to entertain strangers, f
or by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.
Hebrews 13:2
Last Christmas Eve, I was alone in the office when a scraggly man appeared at my door. Oh my, now what? This older, rag-tag man with the most piercing blue eyes told me how he was caring for his elderly mom and needed my help THAT DAY. Now, you have to understand, a friend had told me of an encounter with an angel the evening her mother passed and this angel had piercing blue eyes, too (not that they all do, but I took NOTICE!). The verse above immediately came to my mind. I knew the Holy Spirit was speaking to me to shape up because someone special was in front of me. Yes, really.
I was cranky. I wanted to get home. I had a houseful of family waiting. Yet, I tried to help him. The situation kept getting worse with more hoops for me to jump through to get him the aid he was requiring. Then, it became laughable. I just knew this was the real deal. The Lord has a sense of humor – for sure. When everything finally came to a close, the man took my hand, looked me straight in the eye, and said to me – You are a real angel.
So this Christmas, and every other day of the year, slow down and take notice. You never know. You may be entertaining an angel sent from heaven, or you may be their God-sent angel.