"The scriptures recite numerous instances where an angel appeared personally . . . When I was young, I thought such personal appearances were the only meaning of the ministering of angels . . .
"But the ministering of angels can also be unseen. Angelic messages can be delivered by a voice or merely by thoughts or feelings communicated to the mind. . . .
"Most angelic communications are felt or heard rather than seen."
---Dallin H. Oaks, “The Aaronic Priesthood and the Sacrament,” Ensign, Nov 1998, 37
President Harold B Lee (1899-1973) once remarked: "Don't be afraid of the testing and trials of life. Sometimes when you are going through the most severe tests, you will be nearer to God than you have any idea, for like the experience of the master himself in the temptation on the mount, in the Garden of Gethsemane, and on the cross at Calvary, the scriptures record, 'And behold, angels came and ministered unto him.' (Matt. 4:11.) Sometimes that may happen to you in the midst of your trials" (in Conference Report, Munich Germany Area Conference, 1973, 114). Ray H. Wood, "Our Thorns in the Flesh," Ensign, Feb. 2003, 31.
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Thank you for sharing this quote. I agree that often when we feel we are alone, we are surrounded by those who love us that we can't see.
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