Falling out of bed

I suffered a nearly serious accident a few years ago. What was it? Well, I fell out of bed. 

I was getting back into bed around 6 A.M. one morning. I removed my bedroom shoes and slid into bed. As I did, I turned my head—shifting my center of gravity—to check the time. The clock read 5:55 A.M. I wasn’t far enough on the bed, so I started sliding. I was powerless to stop it, so down to the floor I plummeted. 

The mattress is about three feet from the floor. On the way down, my arm hit the lamp table and the back of my head hit the side board of bed. I landed on my backside. Beverly, my wife, rushed to me.  Other than feeling like a Mack truck hit me, my head was hurting and my arm was bleeding. After Beverly helped me up, I could tell I hadn’t broken my back. 

Since I take blood thinner, I was worried about internal bleeding inside my brain. Beverly urged me to go to the hospital, but I elected to monitor my condition. Beverly helped clean-up the blood on my arm and bandage my lacerations. Since I made it through the next several days without ill effects, I didn’t seek medical attention.  

Since this was quite a spill for an 84-year-old man at that time, I believe that God and His mighty angels superintended my fall and kept me from serious injury. In another sense, it just wasn’t my time to go. Evidently, I have more work to do. I have always believed in angels and feel these unseen creatures played a key role in keeping me from serious harm.

I searched the scriptures to find examples of angels sparing someone. I found a number of scriptural accounts. In Daniel 6 we find King Darius of Persia ordering Daniel to be thrown into the lion’s den.  When the king returned the next morning, He found Daniel unharmed. Darius asked Daniel how he escaped death.  Daniel replied, “My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, so they could not harm me.” 

King David’s life was fraught with danger and death threats. In the 23rd Psalm, David credits God, saying: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.”  The scripture asserts: “The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him and delivers them.” 

During the arrest of Jesus in Gethsemane, His disciple cut off an arrester’s ear with a sword. The Master said, “Put up your sword. I can summon the Father and He will send twelve legions of angels to defend Me.” 

Imagine the awesome power of 60,000 angels!