85 Accompanied and protected I have thought about this in the past, namely that people above everything are the ones that cause all this suffering. We cause ourselves a lot of harm by for instance not looking after our health. But we also do it to one another, consciously or unconsciously. As we know these days, we can even be blamed for a large part of the natural catastrophes happening around us. But I spite of this, I still find it difficult to deal with the fact that children are exposed to such a lot of suffering and injustice. And old, helpless people! Also, animals! I always feel pain inside of me when I think about it. A lot of you probably heave the same reaction. It still really hurts. But in spite of all of this, I am completely sure: We have certainly not been written off by God, us here far from our homeland. This is my faith, something that I always had. The father in the parable of the prodigal son also never stopped thinking about and keeping a lookout for the son that had left him. And God, our Father, also waits for us. And I am also convinced that we are constantly, invisibly accompanied and observed. I encountered people that assured me that they were not very religious, but that guardian angels existed in any case. This was usually followed by a fascinating story wherein they barely escaped with their life and the fact that they were still alive today, could hardly be described with purely terrestrial explanations. We always talk about guardian angels because we believe that everything invisible must be a guardian angel. As I said before, this isn’t actually correct. We simply cannot imagine that we are dealing with helpful spirit friends without wings, but with an assignment to protect, accompany and support us. Through their nearness, we can also be “inspired”. This means that thoughts can be introduced into our mind and we suddenly know how to solve a problem. Or were to look for our lost car keys. Or when we have an important encounter where we say: What a coincidence! But it was no coincidence, but providence. Our invisible companions must often have arranged encounters for us that, when looking back, turned out helpful or even life-changing for us. Or they organised a book to cross our path, one that was important for us.
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