In January 2001 I asked the Lord to take me to a place of peace and quietness
for my personal restoration. I needed to find a place of solitude for spiritual
guidance. As I humbled myself before the Lord praying, writing and asking
questions, the Holy Spirit began working in my life.
There is great power in choosing to surrender completely to God in the midst of
suffering or difficulties in our lives. I asked God for His gracious love to
awaken my spiritual passion. Christ calls us to come to Him when we are tired,
and to find hope when we are discouraged as I was. My failures and weaknesses
had discouraged me. I needed a life changing hope. I found hope in God, which
was independent of my hopes, that He would work in a particular way through me.
I realized my hope in Him was secure even though life was not. And I remembered
Psalm 71:14 “But as for me, I will always have hope.”
I always looked at my life and was thankful that God had blessed me by being a
proud mother, grandmother and for having a wonderful husband who supports me in
all that I do. However, the question that kept coming to my mind was, “What is
my purpose in life?” I knew somehow I could serve God in my own special way even
though I am not a preacher, a teacher or a public speaker.
God states in Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you, plans to
prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”, and I
took comfort in this verse. As the days turned into months, I called out, “Oh,
God, will You answer me? Please give ear to me and hear my prayer.” And God did
again and again showing me the wonders of His love.
On March 30, 2001, I went to buy a card for a friend who had cancer, but I
couldn’t find a card that appealed to me. There were hundreds of cards, but I
left without making a purchase. After leaving the card store, I had to drive
over an overpass and on that bridge, the most awesome blessing happened to me.
God spoke to me in a whisper, but in my thoughts it was as if the whole world
had heard it! He said, “Wouldn’t it be a wonderful idea to have 'A Scripture
Talking Card'?”
My heart was beating fast, I was crying and I could hardly catch my breath. I
couldn’t get home fast enough to tell my husband, Ross, and call my son,
Jonathan. When I arrived home, Ross was on the internet and crying I asked,
“What do you think about 'A Scripture Talking Card'?”
“That’s a great idea!” he replied. “Is it out there?”
“God spoke to me and said those exact words”, I answered.
My husband then said, “Sylvia, that is your Gift from God!”
I knew then that in order to “hear the voice” I had to be willing to turn around
and listen. My life became like a radio dial with signals coming from all
directions to the tune of God’s voice. His voice was loud and clear even in a
whisper. Right away we thanked God for THE GIFT. We prayed for guidance, we
prayed for His footprints to carry us through, we prayed for direction not to
let God down, and we prayed for Christian attorneys to help pave the way. Day in
and day out God’s voice was everywhere, working in our minds, taking us through
this spiritual journey, and reminding us to live and work by faith.
I had "A Scripture Talking Card" in my mind, but I needed to bring my vision to
life. My hand and God’s Hands worked together in making this prototype card.
Each day on our way to work, God began working through my husband and me. It was
as if we were both having the identical vision about this beautiful trademark.
Our trademark is, “ANGEL EXPRESS ™.” It consists of a young angel coming out of
heaven on horseback to deliver scripture talking cards. Angels to me are
messengers, glorious guardians, and bearers of blessings. This angel is smiling,
happy to spread the news. In the brown ANGEL EXPRESS ™ bag, he carries the
cards. The sky is a beautiful blue and white, just as I saw it on the day that
THE GIFT was given to me. There are twelve stars on the bridle representing the
twelve Disciples. The halo shines with hope and heaven’s power lifts the angel’s
wings. Many who have seen these cards say that it touches their spiritual
senses.
Thank you for letting me share my testimony. May you too be blessed by God and
share it with others. My prayer is for all of us to become ambassadors for
Christ and one day citizens in heaven.
in Christ,
Sylvia Dean Stephens-D'Angelo
sylvia@angelexpress.com
www.angelexpress.com