Hello! I usually post bible studies and today my introduction is different. Well, for a long time now, I have had the impression on my spirit to share this supernatural experience with you. I admit, I have been putting this off for weeks now! However, the Lord has reminded me to share this testimony to help you and encourage you on your walk with God.
We all have heard that God is good and He helps and He provides for us. It is so true, no doubt! However, if you have never experienced it personally, you do not have much to say about it. It merely becomes a repetitive phrase with no meaning attached to it.
Let me commence by saying that God is real and the angels of God are real. You will find out soon as I narrate my first personal encounter with an angel of God.
The Supermarket
What I am about to write here happened almost ten years ago. I was a university student at that time in Italy (where I still live) and I recall going to the supermarket to buy some groceries around 6:15 (ish) pm one cold-chilly evening in late October. This supermarket that I went to, was situated on the ground floor of a commercial building on a street that connects to the highway. It has an entry and exit door as all normal supermarket do.
Entry/Exit Points From The Terrace
Now, the building on which this supermarket is located has a long terrace that has three entry /exit points. You can use this building’s terrace to get down to the supermarket or cross a bridge to another building to get to the other side of the road or get to the local train station from the rear end of the building. It is a huge building. Each of the three entry/exit points from the terrace has a door of its own with a manual lock which the doorkeeper takes care of.
From the terrace one can take a flight of stairs followed by a door to get to the supermarket. Likewise, when one takes the bridge, from the terrace, to reach the building on the other side of the road, one would have to take a stairs or the elevator of this connecting building to reach the ground floor and exit through the door to the road. The connecting building is just that- a connecting building. It has only a flight of stairs and an elevator. To get to the local train station from the terrace one would have to take a flight of stairs and exit through the door to the train station behind the building. The doors are usually kept open throughout the day. The doorkeeper usually closes these doors around 7 in the evening.
Trapped With Nowhere To Go
After my grocery shopping at the supermarket, I turned sideways to take the stairs to the terrace of the building in which the supermarket is also located, so that I could cross the connecting bridge from the terrace to the building on the other side of the road. I usually take this route as the connecting building is close to my university and the student residence where I used to live at that time.
Everything was okay until I soon found out that the door of the connecting building that exits to the road was locked (even though it was not 7 pm yet) and I was not able to leave the building. Therefore, I tried to return to the supermarket through the terrace again following the same route that I took previously. I hurried down the stairs from the terrace and tried to open the door to go to the supermarket. To my horror, that door was locked too and I couldn’t get out. Only moments ago, I had used the same door to take the stairs to the terrace to cross the bridge after grocery shopping.
Now, I had only one more exit remaining from the terrace of this building and it was the exit behind to the local train station. I just needed to be back on the road to get to my residence. I walked all the way to the rear end of the terrace and took another set of stairs to exit from this building to the train station and lo and behold that exit door was locked too. So, now I was trapped on the terrace of this commercial building with nowhere to go and no place to sleep and it was cold and I didn’t even have the proper clothes to resist the cold during the night hours. My light autumn jacket that I wore that day was not going to keep me warm during the cold night hours. Conveniently, I had forgotten my phone at home. Hence, I had no way of contacting anyone either!
Panic Sets In
At that point, I was panicking because I had no clue on what to do. I was running to and fro and checking all the exits again if anything was miraculously opened by the doorkeeper for some reason. I was alone on the terrace and obviously, no one took the stairs from the supermarket to the terrace to cross the connecting bridge to reach the other side of the road that evening because the door to the terrace from the supermarket was already locked.
Also, I regretted not taking the road directly from the supermarket instead of trying to use the shortcut. Even though I would have had to wait at the traffic lights twice, it was nothing compared to being trapped and lonely on a huge terrace especially for a young girl. I didn’t expect the doors to be locked before 7 in the evening because it was not the norm.
A Simple Sincere Prayer
I knew I had no way to get out unless I had some help. And, I had already started thinking about where I would sleep on this cold terrace and I had no clue on what to do. I felt like crying.
In desperation, I just closed my eyes and looked towards the sky and prayed “God, I really need your help. Please help me to get out of here. Please send me help“. It was no fancy prayer. It was simple and sincere. I think anyone would be sincere in that situation! After the prayer, I just stood in a corner of the terrace thinking of what I could do.
God Sent His Angel To Help Me And I Had No Clue
About 5 to 10 minutes (approximately) after the prayer, I had an urge to walk to the connecting bridge on the terrace and suddenly I saw a man walking towards me on the terrace. He was a tall man (more than 6 feet) with clothes full of paint splotches and a nice wide smile and sparkling white teeth. He had shoulder length brown hair and a light moustache and a beard. I thought it was so weird that a painter was there walking towards me. And, I don’t remember seeing a paint bucket with him.
I went to him and told him that all the exits were locked and that I was trapped on the terrace and he said with a smile “Oh, I have been searching too.” To me, that was weird because I never saw him once in the past 30 minutes when I went everywhere checking for an open exit from the terrace. I thought that he was searching for the open exits too! I told the man that I walked to and fro so many times for the past half an hour and never saw him even once to which he only smiled and didn’t reply. Then he told me, “Dont worry, I will get you out of here“.
The man took me down the stairs from the terrace that led to supermarket and touched the door that opened to the supermarket. I remember telling him it won’t work because I had already checked and the door was locked. He paid no attention to me. He didn’t reply but went infront of me down the stairs.
He touched the door when we reached the end of the staircase and to my shock the door opened as if it was never locked. Just minutes ago it was locked when I had last checked. I was so confused. I also felt a little stupid because I thought to myself “Oh well, if the door was opened, I could have easily exited the builded. Why did I have to panic so much?”. Then I thought maybe the doorkeeper opened it again. As these thoughts were going through my mind, we were walking on the road and now we were on the highway waiting for the signal to turn green to cross the road.
Disappeared Into Thin Air Right Infront Of My Eyes
I thanked him and he acknowledged. I noticed that he was walking so fast. Moreover, I had to run to keep up with him and he crossed the road when the signal turned green and so did I. After crossing the road, he started walking in the middle of the highway among the vehicles whereas I was walking on the sidewalk and I was worried for his safety. Then suddenly as I was watching him on the highway, he disappeared into thin air nowhere to be seen.
I thought that I was reeling or imagining. However, on such a busy highway no vehicle could stop or pause except at the signal on the intersection which was quite far away from where we were. And, it was not possible that he got into a car or some vehicle. If he did, I would have known because I had my eyes were fixed on him from the moment he touched the door and it opened. Everything about him and this experience was so strange to me. He just plainly vanished into thin air right in front of my eyes!
I just stood there on the sidewalk for sometime trying to figure out how he could have gone out of sight while I had my eyes fixed on him the whole time. And, I was thinking how was it possible for a person to disappear. It still didn’t occur to me that I had just encountered one of God’s angels whom God had sent to help me to get out of the terrace. I had just encountered an angel without even knowing it. When I realised this, I broke down crying and my eyes still water writing about this today because I remember God’s goodness and kindness and His mercy. I praise and thank Him through this testimony.
Why Am I Sharing This?
I have told many people about this angel testimony. Some believed and shared their angel testimony in return which I thoroughly appreciated and enjoyed. My mother-in-law said that it was a magician and didn’t beleive that it was God’s angel. Some unbelivers who listened to this testimony were skeptical while some others laughed it off as if it was nothing important. However, to me who experienced this whole situation, it meant something very important. I had seen a tangible evidence of God answering prayers and sending His angels to help us. It is and will always be an unforgettable moment of my life.
I am sharing this testimony on my blog here to encourage you. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. Take heart and trust God. He has not left us alone on the earth. There are many for us than against us. You may not be trapped on a terrace like I was, however, you might feel trapped in life or in the various circumstances around you. Call out to God for help. He will never reject those who call on Him or go to Him for help. Often, we are not capable of getting out of difficult situations but He is able to help us! God is able! Hallelujah! I give Him all the glory. Let us praise and thank Him today!
Conclusion
There is not much to say about the conclusion because my experience itself says a lot. However, I would just like to remind you that God is real and so are His angels and He dispatches them to help us when we call on Him for help. We are not to worship angels in any way, shape or form or pray to them. We pray to God Almighty and He commands His angels to help us for He is the Lord of hosts!
Have you ever had an experience with one of God’s angels? Type your experience in the comments below. I would love to know.
Until Next Time!