An Angelic Protection

It was a Sunday morning.

Looking out of the hotel window, the roads were quiet. I decided to get myself familiarized with this new place - Amsterdam. The friendly hotel staff helped me with the directions to the HQ office. Indeed, it was a long way the office. I have to take a tram and follow by a train to reach my destination.

With directions written on the road map, I headed to the tram stop. Winter was almost over in March, but it was still very cold. The temperature was about 8-10 degrees. With all the winter gears I put on, it was still not warm enough.

The Amsterdam houses were beautiful. All evenly built along the canals. No birds on these canals, but I was told that when Spring arrives, they will be flocking on these waters. It took me about 10 minutes walk to the tram stop. While walking, I just enjoyed the serenity of this place. Praising God for His wonderful creation.

Finally, I got to the tram stop. Here, I have experienced God's protection again - closer than the one I had on the plane! They were only two old couples waiting for tram. A while later, I saw a tram coming on the right, I raised my left hand, flagging it to stop. As I raised my hand up, a tram coming from the left rubbed across it.

The people around were shocked , so was I! They must be thinking what was this tiny Asian woman trying to do - why was she raising her hand for?? Then I realized that in Europe, the traffic direction is the opposite way compared to home. And there was no need to flag the tram, it will come to a halt at the tram-stop anyway. How silly was me !!

An old lady came up to me to see if I was OK. Looking at my left hand, all fine. No blood, no bruises, just some redness on the knuckles. Still in the shocked state, I thanked the old lady and quickly boarded the tram.

On the journey, I examined my hand again and again - unbelievable! It was so close to lose this hand.

I thank God again for His protection. Surely He has sent forth His Angels to be with and protect me. I praised the Lord throughout the journey. At last, I got to my HQ building and reached its main entrance. Feeling satisfied, I took the reverse way back to the hotel - with hands tucked tightly in my jacket's pocket.

In the room, I recalled the day's event. His presence was so close and real. His Angel or Angels were the evidence in this episode of my life. I will surely remember this Angelic Protection forever.