BY STEFFANY BARTON, RN

Speak the word "angel" and the mind fills with images, thoughts, memories, and teachings about these other worldly creatures. Sent from Heaven to assist us on Earth, angels receive recognition in western and eastern religious and spiritual traditions alike. Regarded as human-like yet divinely appointed, the angels provide inspiration, insight, and healing from on high. Fascinating, captivating, timeless, angels are Love.

Angels, beings of purest energy and being purely Love, embody no particular form. Angels can appear as a flower or a friend, a neighbor or a number, a vision or a visitor, in a dream or during the day, as a flash or as a feather, in the backseat, the boardroom, at the ball field.

From the sound of the ocean waves to the laughter of children, angels fill our ears with the sound of Love.

Whether in a whisper or a thought, a knowing or an urge, angels inspire us to Love.

From the gentle caress of the breeze to the soft warmth of a kitten's fur, the touch of angels is a brush of Love.

Angels remain with us, ever loving and present at our side, throughout all of time and for all eternity. You need not believe in angels; angels believe in you. You need not understand angels; angels understand you. You need not hear a chorus of angels; angels hear you always, entranced with the song of your soul, enchanted with the music of your heart. You need not see angels; angels see you, bask in your perfection, celebrate your spirit, revel in your light. Angels see you! Angels see Love.

Historians and religious scholars have taken much time and given a great deal of thought toward the study of angels. In fact, a hierarchy of angels can be found in many Christian texts. Yet, the purest gift, the most amazing blessing of the angelic realm is the deeply sacred and highly personal relationship we cultivate with our individual guardian angels. As unique as our fingerprint, our guardian angels serve us with compassion, wisdom, and Love.

Angels connect with us through our every day senses, and provide us with guidance to live an extraordinary life. Angels draw out from deep within us true greatness, indwelling divine qualities that move us from a mundane existence to a miraculous perspective as to our true nature. We are, and always have been, Love.

Source: Daily OM