At the end of her shift, Lois, a nurse for thirty years, was eager to go home for a hot bath. But as she pulled out of the hospital, she saw the ambulance station and felt an urge to stop.

She had barely entered the building when the phone rang. “There’s been an accident,” the head paramedic said. “We could sure use your experience, Lois. Will you come with us?” Instinctively, she climbed into one of the ambulances. The sirens shrieked and they soon arrived at the accident site. While paramedics attended to an injured man in one car, Lois checked the vital signs of a woman sitting in the other vehicle. There was no blood or visible signs of injury and the woman said nothing, but stared at Lois with vacant eyes.

The following morning when Lois reported for duty, Lois was relieved to see the woman had recovered. She entered the room and introduced herself. “I’m Lois, your nurse. How are you feeling?” The patient’s face turned white. Lois gently held the woman’s hand and checked her pulse. “A...are you sure you’re not a…an angel?” Lois smiled and attached the blood pressure cuff. The woman shook her head.

“Last night I was in an accident and thought I might die. The sun was slipping behind the mountains when an angel appeared in a halo of light. When she touched me, I felt a surge of love and knew God sent her to reassure me that I’d live.” She clasped Lois’ hands. “You look and sound exactly like her except you don’t have wings!” — Beliefnet.com