Do you understand the language of ‘feather’?

“He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge”… “He shall give His angels charge over you in all of your ways!” – Ps 91:4,11

In our recent meetings in Taipei, Taiwan, I asked everyone how many languages God can employ to speak to them.  We all know He uses His Word, dreams, prophetic, numbers, etc… but feathers can also be one of the languages that God uses to speaks to us.

        “That was me!!!”

For an example, I told of a special story that happened about ten years ago when I was talking about angels to a group of Asians from Taiwan who were visiting IHOP in Kansas City.  I was their guest speaker for the whole day.  At the end of the day, we were talking about angels and as I was standing at the front row of chairs a feather drifted down out of the ceiling immediately in front of me.  I licked my finger and caught it and was going to

       Joy in the room

give it to the lady sitting in the 2nd row directly in front of me.  I first asked her name and to our amazement, she said her name was Angel.  We all laughed and marveled at how perfectly God had orchestrated that situation to confirm our conversation.  I have told that story many times and had no idea who Angel was or what church or city she was from in Taiwan or even what she looked like.

Last weekend, I was aware that a lady named Angel was sitting in the 2nd row of our meeting, so I thought it would be good to tell that 10 year old angel story.  When I finished telling the story, she exclaimed, “That was me!”, 10 years ago.  At that news, there was a sudden shift in the atmosphere of the room.  Joy and laughter began to trickle through the group.  So, I called Angel up with me and we blessed the angels of joy to minister to the group.  The whole group rode that euphoric ‘joy-wave’ for over 10 minutes!  It was an unusual manifestation of joy and freedom.

       Feather ‘portfolio’

We were all stunned with how God had used that angel feather story again.  Angel said since that time 10 years ago, feathers have shown up for her at ‘supernatural timing’, ever since.  Here are several pics of her and me, including one with her ‘portfolio’ of some of the feathers she has found.

— MLH