The Rainbow Girl

I see a rainbow wash over her eyes,
She gives me her halo and I start to fly.


Being a GuardiAngel is a long-term commitment. Though I may only write about single incidents, these are but small glimpses of the long-term attention given to my mortals (most of which is behind the scene prayer that often goes on for years). Let me give you an example of this with my friend... The Rainbow Girl.


1.
It was the 15th of November 2005 and I was at a class chalet. We had just completed the final bits of the yearlong project I mentioned in the ''Angel in the Night" entry (that was due the next day) and relaxed by chatting and watching DVDs. As the night drew on, one by one slowly washed up and turned in. The sounds of chatting and laughter gradually subsided and I felt my purpose for being there change from entertaining my friends to taking care of them.


Sitting outside alone, The Rainbow Girl held pen and paper, but she was not writing anything. Something on her mind seemed to be troubling her.


I spread my wings out wide
And opened the door to her world outside.




She didn't tell me what it was that troubled her specifically, but she did share her pain and allow me to pray for her. That night, I encouraged a Christian sister to keep searching for a closer relationship with God. Refreshed, I put her to sleep and felt the halo shining once again as I went to my bed.


''Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
-Matthew 7:7-8


And from then on I constantly prayed for her.


2.
In the middle of this year, I sensed that The Rainbow Girl was troubled again. I finally got a chance to talk to her on the last day of school, the 9th of June 2006, and she told me exactly what it was that had been at the back of her mind all this time. I was surprised that she shared, for it was only the second time we really talked like that. Anyway, she wrote about this experience much better than I could ever have, so here is her link. (You can only access this one entry by the way, and yeah, she referred to her GuardiAngel as... ''A")


http://www.blogigo.co.uk/r41nbow/04.06.06-eulogy/58/


It also proves that I'm not making up all these stories. Hehe.


In this situation, all I really did was listen and pray... for I knew nothing about how to handle what she was going through. I just made a conscious decision not to judge her, but to love her as God had loved me.


"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.
-John 15:9


And from then on I constantly prayed for her even more.


3.

I was online during the first few hours of the morning on 7th September 2006, which was just yesterday, talking to The Rainbow Girl. We weren't really sharing much... It was more like a follow up check on her progress. As conversation drew to a close, I told her I made a new post on this blog and asked her to take a look. Reminding her of my blog's address, I went offline.

An sms came in at 3 a.m.

The Rainbow Girl had actually had a long overdue talk with God that day, and finally felt liberation from the incessant mental torment.

I was praying for her that very morning.

I see a rainbow wash over her eyes,

She gives me her halo and I start to fly.

I was listening to Corrinne May's song "Angel in Disguise" yesterday (even before talking to The Rainbow Girl). I really liked the song because it described everything that I wanted to become. And now I realize that when God works through me I can do amazing things, and become the man (or angel) I want to be. Without him... all my efforts are in vain, and this blog, would have been nothing but mere words. For the true Saviour in The Rainbow Girl’s life is not me, but God. All i really did, was...

Pray continually;

-1 Thessalonians 5:17

Epilogue.

On the 27th of September I wanted to go roller blading after the long examinations, but God stopped me by causing a sudden downpour during the last period of the day. I sat sulking in the canteen, and fell asleep doing my work. When I woke, The Rainbow Girl stepped into the canteen and we had a nice chat. So everything does happen for a reason.

“What were you talking about all this time?” A classmate at the next table asked.

“I was just saving the world” I replied.

“Even Her world?” he asked, surprised.

I smiled.