An Angels' Handywork - by Barbie Jones

Last fall my husband, Jim, went to Arizona on a missionary trip. He was going to be gone for over a week. In preparation for his leaving, I prayed that my needs would be taken care of while he was gone. Not having my handyman around was a real step out in faith for me.

While he was gone, I had been reading a book about angels. It pointed out the many times they appeared in the scriptures and how they are on duty 24/7 for the Lord’s command to go on a mission. It was such an enlightening book and I really enjoyed it.

As I got ready for bed one night, I went to flush the stool, but to my surprise, the handle didn’t work. Instantly I said, “Oh no, Lord, not while Jim is gone.” I’ve been trying to remember and work on the scripture Philippians 2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputing. So instead I said, “This is probably a testimony to help me appreciate my handyman husband.” I tried to see what I could do by looking into the top. Sometimes the chain just gets tangled or comes off, but that was not the case. The tank was not even full of water; the valve just was not working. It would be almost a week to go before Jim would be home, so I prayed, “With your help, Lord, I can handle this problem.” (This meant flushing it manually with a bucket of water.)

That night as I said my prayers, I remembered about the angels on duty 24/7 so I just prayed, almost half jokingly, “If there would just happen to be one of those angels around in the neighborhood and is not too busy, could you have one of them fix my stool?” I then went to bed.

The next morning while getting ready for work, I just realized that the stool had not worked the previous night. As I went to flush it again, I paused and remembered my prayer, so I said, “Lord, if this will work I will tell this testimony.” I have to admit that I laughed as I said it, because I really did not think it would work. However, to my great surprise, it worked! I was so grateful and thanked the Lord over and over, and asked for forgiveness of my lack of faith.

So, here I am sharing my testimony, as embarrassing as it is, but I promised the Lord I would. God is so good and He hears and answers our prayers.

32) ... Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.
33) And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon, in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.
34) Therefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and tom-morrow is cast into the over, how much more will he not provide for you, if ye are not of little faith.
Matt. 6:32-34