SILENT VOICES

Angels and guides have similar roles in our lives; both of them are protective forces that come to us when we are in need. The difference is that one has lived lives on earth and one has not.

Angels are messengers of God. Those of you who study religion know that even before Jesus Christ, angels have been written about, drawn and called upon for help in a crisis. These beings show up to us typically in human form, with or without wings and usually male or female, but this is not their true form. When angels come to us, they do not want to appear as they are, pure light and enormous because it would probably frighten the wits out of us and we would not hear their message.
While angels do not have a gender, they can appear as male or female, solid or transparent, surrounded in light or not, but one thing that is constant, when you feel an angel’s presence…you know it! There is such a love energy accompanied by their visit that sometimes people just weep with emotion.
Commonly they come to warn us, comfort us, heal us and give us uplifting messages.

Guides are very much the same except for they have lived many, many lives on earth. They are known to us in some way; even if you do not know their physical form in this life, they are most assuredly part of your soul group on the Other Side. While angels are appointed to us, guides are chosen by us. Yes, chosen. Before we were born we sat around and chose who would help us along our arduous journey through life. You may have even asked your physical father in this life to guide you once he returned “home” to the Other Side. Guides have a degree of sorts. They have a protocol that is established on the Other Side, just as a University teacher must have a degree. You wouldn’t want someone without any life experience trying to help you through difficult times.
Angels can intervene and “trump” free will. Guides cannot.

Guides support us, help us, send us messages, encourage us, heal us and generally look out for us on our way through life. They can communicate with us in many, many ways; just as angels can. Guides can come to us as animals, humans, aliens and so much more.
From my understanding is that a guide will also appear to you in a form that makes you comfortable. Though they have had many lives with you, they may pick one of those “bodies” that is more appealing than another. Let’s say you have a fear of clowns. Your guide knows this and would never appear to you in this form.
In closing, we all have divine helpers, angels and spirit guides alike, who only want us to succeed in this “classroom” called life.
In other articles, I will help you to learn to connect to them in different ways.

© Laura Evans 2011
Author of “A Bridge to the Other Side”
Professional Spirit Medium/Spiritual Teacher/Ordained Minister www.mediumlauraevans.com