Awakened by an Angel

From: Nate Yager (nate.yager@irmc.com)
Story type: Angel
Location: Michigan
Source: Form Submission
Date submitted: Wed Nov  7 10:25:40 2007

I had been reading your site and I ran across a story that was submitted in 2003 of an Angel that had awoken a girl who had found out that her brother had almost burnt their house down. I was astounded because an almost identical incident happened to me. I'm glad that I was able to see that I wasn't crazy and that this girl and I must share the same angel!

One morning, (about 1999) I was sleeping in my room while my 15 year old son was getting ready for school. We lived in a small trailer at the time and because the electric bill was included in the rent I used space heaters more than I used the furnace.

I always kept my bedroom door locked because my son had a habit of just walking in without knocking. I would be changing my clothes and he would just burst into my room, sometimes along with one of his friends. So, needless to say, I started to keep it locked.

On this particular morning (about 7AM) I was asleep facing toward the wall. I felt 3 taps on my arm which woke me up. But instead of rousing up I just layed there and pretended that I was still asleep because I didn't want to start the day with having to yell at my son for walking into my room again unannounced or without knocking. Plus I was a little upset with myself for forgetting to lock the door.

After about another 10 seconds I felt the three taps again. I knew it wasn't a muscle twitch, but it was definitely someone using their finger to wake me up.

By this time I was really annoyed and I turned and swung out of bed, ready to get after my son for the millionth time. But as I looked I saw that no one was in the room. I looked toward the door and saw that I had locked it and it was still locked.

Suddenly I felt this sudden panic and it was as though someone was screaming at me to run out in the living room NOW! I quickly put my robe on and ran out to the living room as fast as I could to see my son walking out the door to catch the school bus. I looked down at the living room floor to see that he had taken two space heaters and set them about 6 inches apart face to face and they were both on full blast.

I yelled, "what in the world are you doing?", and I ran and unplugged the heaters that were about to burst into flames. The cords were extremely hot as I unplugged them. I think that within another minute that the whole trailer would have caught on fire and there certainly was no way for me to have escaped! The window in the bedroom were little slats that only a mouse could have gotten through!

He said that he thought that putting the heaters the way he did would generate more heat. I assured him that it certainly would by setting the place on fire!

He finally left for school and I sat in one of chairs trying to grasp it all. I then remembered the taps that I felt and the sudden urgency to run to the living room as fast as I could. I said outloud, "I don't know who you are, but thank you for saving my life!".

I have tried to explain it to people, and some do understand. But this was certainly a confirmation to me that we have those out there (on the other side) that protect us. Whenever I start to have my doubts about things in life I remember that incident and it confirms that someone is watching over us.