Saved By An Angel
I have a friend who was hiking in the Sierra Nevada mountains with
his two daughters. One was about three years old. The other
daughter was just a baby, under one year of age and was in a
back-pack baby carrier on his back.
They were many miles away from the nearest person and were walking
around a reservoir filled with water. His three year old daughter
said she wanted to go play in the water. He explained to her that
the sides of the reservoir were very steep and she couldn't wade in
because the sides were too steep to stand. The water also got deep
very quickly and she did not know how to swim. His little daughter
understood and they walked on around the reservoirs edge. In less
than a minute, the 3 year old tripped and rolled down the steep
bank 5 to 10 feet and into the water. She struggled and with each
panicked move swept farther out in the water. My friend raced down
to the water. He stood in the water and reached as far as he could,
but the little girl was just inches out of his reach. She was
quickly moving away from shore.
My friend stepped farther into the water this time, with water up
to his waist, his feet slipped in the steep reservoir bottom. His
daughter slipped just inches out of his reach. He took another step
into the water, the steep decline this time caused the water to be
up to his shoulders. Just as he grasped his little daughter's hand,
his feet slipped, however his little girl clung to him. His head
and his little one year old's head went under the water. He kicked
with all his might, but couldn't get his head above the water. He
felt they all three would drown and he desperately prayed," God,
help me!" He raise his right hand in a desperate stoke towards the
shore and felt a strong hand grasp his hand. He was yanked with his
two daughters up and out of the water, and up the 10 feet to the
flat land above the reservoir.
They were saved! He was laying there holding his daughters and
quickly turned over to see who had miraculously saved him. No one
was there. The shore was empty. They were the only people within
miles. He knew then, that they had been saved by an Angel. God had
heard his prayer!
--Duane Brannon
