Sherry's Wheelchair Story

Week of October 18, 2009

Here is the true story.

On a Monday, on my lunch hour, I had an appointment to see a doctor at the hospital.
I was bleeding and worried. All alonge and trying to be strong, I ventured to the hospital and before I entered I picked up my bible that I always carry in the car and I read a scripture.

As I walked into the hospital I heard God say to me, "Go speak to the man, he is an angel."

I looked up and saw a man sitting in a wheelchair. His arm was propped up in a brace, and his leg was emaciated but stabilized with a series of halos around it.

As I approached him his kind eyes looked into my soul and they took me backwards as he really saw into me. I said hello and he replied hello. I asked if would walk again and he said yes. Then I asked if he knew Jesus could heal hil. He enthusiastically said Yes as it letting me know that I understood and was good to point that out. I extended my hand and said, "My name is Sherry."

He paused, took my hand and said, "I"m Angel."

Then I went upstairs to my doctor and learned all would be OK. When I was walking out I noticed Angel was still there. I went back and let him know that God told me to talk with him, and that he was an Angel. All he said was "Oh." Yet he never denied it.

Curiosity got the best of me and (refering to his injuries) I asked how this happened, to which he said simply, "an accident." I said nice to meet you and God bless you Angel.

The footnote to this story is years later I was meeting with the Hospital Administrator on business and told him this story. He said it was peculiar as the entrance where he sat was an outpatient entrance and the staff never let anyone sit there for very long. Angel he been there for more than a half hour.

Sherry Sargent

Lido Key, Fl.