Hebrews 13:2New King James Version

² Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.

On late afternoon in October of 2018, I was leaving to meet a friend downtown when just out of my parking space onto the street and right in the middle of street a very old lady with very white hair and a cane flagged me down. I stopped the car as soon as I noticed her. At first, I couldn’t understand her as she was speaking in Polish but then managed to say, “please church please”. I was running late already to meet up with a friend movie opening downtown. However, I couldn’t say no to the lady, so I told her to hop in and I knew where that church was that she was pointing to. During the drive she kept saying, “Jesus is good, Jesus do good, for you Jesus do good for you”, and I said, “yes Jesus is good”. And I asked her if she had children in the little English she spoke, she mentioned Mississauga, but it is far from where she lives which is closer to me. She mentioned the best she could that she went to church every Monday.  I kept saying I was going to be late to meet my friend, but she kept on saying, “Jesus, do you good, Jesus loves you” she just kept repeating it repeatedly. When I arrived at the church, I told her, “God bless you”, and she looked at me fiercely and said with broken English, “I pray for you, God always do good for you, forever”, and then she asked me, “what is your name”, and I said, “Diana”. She smiled and then said, “that is beautiful name, pray for you”. She got out of the car but before walking away she knocked on my window on the passenger side door. I lowered the window, and she looked at me directly before she said anything, I asked her, “what is your name”, and in Polish, she said, “Mikaela”. At that moment my jaw fell, her eyes were shining deep marine light blue, she had a lovely smile, and her skin was white with pale pink cheeks. At that very moment she seemed like she looked angelic, like glowing.  I told her how beautiful her name is, and she smiled from ear to ear and then she said, “God bless every day, forever I pray, for you I pray, for you” in broken English enough for me to understand her. The strangeness is there were no cars or anyone at the church. I asked her if the church was open and she kept saying, “church” and then just started walking away from the car. As I was preparing to leave the parking lot and I had to back up from where I was, I looked into the rearview mirror to notice she was gone. Like within a few seconds she was gone. Can’t be she walks that fast. Plus, there was no one at church, no cars, nobody. The church seemed like it was closed, like there was no service that day. Once off the parking lot and making my way onto the highway I started thinking about her name, Mikaela. I kept repeating her name and in total shock what had transpired. And then it hit me, these were my exact thoughts; Mikaela means Michael, hmmm Michael, wait no, was I visited by archangel Michael! Was I visited by him. Silence suddenly filled my car as if I was not surrounded by any cars on the highway, or even sitting in my car or the sound of my car. I just drove all the way downtown without even thinking, total silence, without the radio on, just in shock that I may have entertained an angel. The next day I thought of going back to that church and asking about her, to see if she needs rides occasionally or help with groceries or other. I could not leave it that way. Finally, I went to the church when it was mass. I entered the church made my way to the priest and asked if there was an old lady that goes to church every Monday and goes by the name of Mikaela, well the priest said no, no old lady as I described went to his church. I was totally shocked and not sure what to do next. I looked at every person sitting in the pews, but she was not there. The priest confirmed again there was no Mikaela, an old lady that ever came to his church every Monday. I left the church speechless. I was going through a lot in October and was awaiting a much-needed win over a situation that meant financially I was going to be okay and be able to rebuild my life. Well, by January 2019, my win came through. I couldn’t believe I won my case. Then I thought about that old lady again, Mikaela, and I truly believe now that God sent an angel to tell me to have faith in Him. To show me His love for me and a desire for me to go back to church. I have since gone back, not in a consistent way, but have attended church from time to time. However, my faith has grown since. I cannot go a day without talking to God all day long or not reading His word. His blessed word refreshes my soul and gives rest from my daily stresses or anything that needed to be accomplished. My desire is to have a faith just like Abraham had in God. When God calls, my answer will be, “I am here”.