Have you ever met an angel? This is the story of the time I met one at Target.
In September 2023 I was on YouTube and the following video came up in my feed. It centers around a woman meeting an angel in a parking lot at Lowes. In the video, she asks the man (angel) where he is from and he says Los Angeles, which hilariously translates to the angels. The Lord then reminded me of a story that happened to me earlier in the year, a man who had a funny name and maybe he too was an angel.
It’s a couple months after she passed into heaven, in the early spring of 2023. I park and I’m about to walk into Target and I see a black man in his 30’s seated out front with a guitar, guitar case, dog and a large sign which reads I WILL DISCUSS ANY TOPIC. He looked out of place. He didn’t look homeless but he also didn’t look well to do. He seemed like a drifter or a traveling musician, someone who makes enough to scrape by but that’s about it.
There was a pull in me that I need to share my testimony with the man. I walk into Target, do my shopping, and on my way out I give him a couple a couple bucks and then start talking to him. I gave him my name and then he gave me his. When he shared his name, he did so with a big grin on his face that I didn’t understand at the time.
I began to share about how my life had been transformed by Jesus Christ and how I had dedicated my life to him. His mouth dropped a bit and he said oh you want to talk about real stuff! I shared more about my testimony and the goodness of God, even in the face of a loved one passing away. I shook his hand and walked away. As I walked away I felt the need to go back and give him more money.
I returned, and as I am walking up he has a huge smile on his face. I drop a larger amount of money into the guitar case but he doesn’t look to see the amount. Instead, he looks at me and as I begin to walk back to my vehicle he picks up his guitar with an extreme sense of joy and begins to play, as if to worship the Lord. I then got the sensation: I passed the test.
Was this actually an angel? I’m reminded of the following verse:
Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
What do we know about angels? We know this about cherubim:
The cherubim appeared to have the form of a human hand under their wings.
What was the name of the man (or angel)?
Feather.