'S Be With You
'S Be With You
On Saturday May 15th, after hosting my "Search for God" study group at my home
as I do every other week, I visited Barnes & Noble in Scarsdale. As I was
looking over some spiritual books, I noticed a paperback that looked out of
place. I opened it up & the first thing I saw was my name Thomas on one of the
pages. The title of the book was "The Messengers". I decided to buy it & the following day I started reading it. It is about a man named Nick who gets awakened by
Angels at 4:44am. The first time this happens to him he thinks it's a prowler.
One by one his friends come to him telling him that
they too were awakened at the same time. Each friend has
a message to give him from the Angels. They want him to publish a manuscript
that explains a previous life he had with Jesus. This manuscript is a
fascinating & detailed description of the life of Saint Paul & is included in
the second half of the book. At the beginning of my spiritual transformation
five years ago, I felt a very strong connection to Saint Paul but didn't
understand why. What I was told about him never seemed to agree with what I
felt inside. The Saint Paul described in this manuscript resonated very deeply
with me and felt so real.
After finishing the second chapter, I went to bed. In the middle of the night I
was awakened by a thumping sound on my bedroom window. My eyes immediately went
to the clock and it was exactly 4:44am! My reaction was one of pure terror. I
wasn't afraid of a prowler and I'm not exactly sure why I was afraid. Maybe it
was the responsibility that comes with such experiences, like Nick felt in the
book I was reading. Eventually I managed to fall asleep again only to be
awaken by a phone call later on. My Godson's mother wanted me to call a local
store to see if an order had come in. It was recently my Godson's communion &
there weren't enough favors for everyone. His mother ordered eight more & half
of them I was going to buy for my study group as gifts. I thought it was very
odd that she asked me to call the store, since I didn't know where the store
was or who took the order. I agreed anyway and wrote down the phone number. When
I called I was told the lady in charge had stepped out. I decided I would
call later on at work & copied the number into my daily planner. It was then
that I realized the number had three 4's in it also! When I finally did pick up
the favors, the lady only had 4 of them ready to give me. They were Angel
candle holders.
I realized that something definitely was trying to get my attention. Perhaps
the message was to write about my experiences, as in "The Messengers". I
have had many synchronistic events and coincidences during my journey but I
never associated them with Angels. I never noticed how many Angel figures I had
accumulated in my living room, where we hold my "Search for God" meetings.
There is a picture of my study group surrounded by an Angel picture frame. There is a large
gold Angel, which I received last Christmas, towering over the picture. My cousin
made me an Angel out of cloth that I have hanging from a lamp. These are all
gifts people gave me without me ever mentioning Angels to them.
The next day, Tuesday, I noticed that 3 of the 7 lotto numbers for the pick 3 &
4 were 4's. These numbers were picked Monday, the same day as my experience.
I also realized when I called my mother that our phone number growing up had
three 4's in it also. In the book "The Messengers", the friends involved were
called the "444 club". I felt like a club was already forming with me also,
including my Godson's mother (who is also my cousin), and my mother.
On Wednesday I met my Godmother for lunch & told her what was going on. Around
4:44pm Sunday she was making a major decision in her life. She made a list of
things she wanted to accomplish, including "joining" a club. When she told me
this I said "Welcome to the club". Before lunch we stopped in a local store &
asked them for their phone number. It ended with 444. Going home we were behind
a car with 444 on its license plate. We followed it into my Godmother's
complex. There were other little signs & coincidences throughout the day. That
evening I called my sister & she told me she saw 2 sets of 222 in the hospital.
It seems that everyone I know who is expanding their awareness is recognizing
numbers more and more. The Bible is filled with symbolic numbers. I have always
felt that numbers are the language of God. With the opening of the latest Star
Wars movie, I think the Angels are saying "May the 4's be with you".
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