If you live in America’s arid west or southwest, you likely already appreciate the beauty and solitude the desert offers. There is something about the intensity of the desert landscape and the peace and quiet that draws you inward to align more closely with God and the angels.
Jesus, according to the Gospel of Matthew, spent forty days and nights in the ancient Judean desert while the Devil tempted him, and at the end of that period was visited by angels: “. . . behold, angels came and ministered unto him” (Matthew 4:11). It is not surprising in that bleak environment that he found comfort in communion with the divine, in the company of angels. Unlike the heavenly choir that filled the heavens with their chorus to herald his birth, or the two who would sit at his tomb to announce that he had risen from death, these angels simply cared for him.
If you need the comfort of angels, walk into the desert and invite them to keep company with you. Ask them to assuage your fears, heal your heart, help you understand how to fix what isn’t working in your life, protect you and your loved ones, and shelter you from the temptations that pull you in directions that are detrimental to your wellbeing and highest good.