Listening to a pastor telling stories of angels as protectors and “ministering spirits” made me realize how many of my own amazing experiences I should document for the inspiration of others.

The pastor had recounted a now infamous story from famed evangelist Billy Graham in his book Angels. The story goes that John Paton and his wife Margaret were missionaries in the violent, cannibalistic culture of the south Pacific islands during the mid-nineteenth century. One night, warriors of the local tribes surrounded their little hut, intent on killing them. Paton and his wife fell to their knees and prayed for God’s protection throughout the night. By morning’s light, they could see the warriors retreating into the hills.

About a year later, after the local tribal chief had become a Chrisitan, Paton asked him if he remembered that night and why his men did not attack Paton and his wife. The chief said he certainly did remember, explaining that they did not attack because there were hundreds of guards surrounding the hut — men with shining clothes and drawn swords!

This reminded me of another such story by Corrie ten Boom (The Hiding Place), a Dutch watchmaker turned author and evangelist. Later honored by Yad Vashem as Righteous among the Nations for her work saving Jews during WWII, Corrie had been imprisoned with her sister Betsy at Ravensbrück concentration camp.

As all new prisoners were carefully checked for contraband, Corrie’s Bible should have been confiscated. She admitted that it bulged obviously through her dress, where she’d tried to hide it, but she had prayed, “Lord, cause now Thine angels to surround me; and let them not be transparent today, for the guards must not see me.” The woman in front of her had hidden a woolen vest under her dress — the........

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