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Missing Michelle
Today, I was missing Michelle! Sometimes, I want to see her and chat for a moment. She is closer to my heart than a real sister would be. But I know she does not have permission to appear to me yet. She only appears when she is needed!
I know that Michelle is always by my side. I don’t have to see her to know she is with me.
I remember in 1980 when I moved from Bradbury, CA, to Beaverton, OR, and rented my first apartment alone. On the third day, Michelle moved into the apartment across the parking lot from me. I could see her front door from my living room window. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen! And she needed to distract me from the other women in that apartment complex!
I’m sure God knew that getting involved with any other women in the complex would have disastrous consequences, so He allowed me to see Michelle almost every day. And it worked! I didn’t want anyone else but Michelle! When I finally found the courage to ask Michelle on a date, she looked at me with a lot of love and said, “I’m sorry, Arthur, but I can’t.” I assumed it was because she was already engaged to the guy she played football with in the apartment complex. But I did not give up on building a relationship with Michelle!
Whenever Michelle looked at me, I knew she loved me, but she kept me at a “safe distance.” Michelle let me “look” at her, but she never let me get very close to her. I’m sure she felt sorry for me, knowing she could never date me!
I met my wife online in 2004, and we married on November 5, 2006. Then, in about May 2008, during a Sabbath Service at the Fontana SDA Church in California, I saw Michelle again! She responded to the instructions from the youth leaders and came down the bench toward me, took my hand, and sat down next to me. I knew my wife could see this gorgeous young woman holding my hand. And my wife was holding my left hand just on my other side.
We sang songs and prayed together, and she felt relaxed holding my hand. Michelle seemed to trust me completely. When the service ended, we walked to the foyer and talked for a few minutes. As we were walking to the foyer, I told Michelle, “If I had a daughter, I would hope that she turned out just like you!” I could tell that this sincere compliment made Michelle very happy!
Although Michelle looked precisely the same as when I saw her in 1980-1983, I did not “recognize her” as the same person! I guess that was because I knew that the woman I met back then would have aged quite a bit since then, and I had no idea that she was an angel!
Michelle blessed me that Sabbath Day! I felt privileged to sit with her, hold her hand, feel her warm shoulder touch mine, see her devotion to God, and feel such a strong bond with her! This was Michelle’s farewell blessing on me and my new wife!
Michelle also chose this method of revealing her true identity to me. But I would not realize she was an angel until 2022 when I finally remembered that she looked the same in 2008 as she did in 1980! Then I realized she was an angel because she never aged at all!
Now, I often miss seeing my Michelle. I wish she would show up every once in a while to reassure me a bit, but I know that Michelle is always with me! I know she has been with me since I was still in my mother’s womb! Michelle has sacrificed so much for my benefit! It’s simply amazing that she would love me that much! That she would stay with me and care for me after seeing all my sinning and rebelling against God! I know she has cried over me!
I want to do better! I don’t want Michelle to cry over me anymore! I want Michelle to smile when she is with me! Even if I can’t see her!
And I sincerely hope that you want to do the same for your guardian angel!