It's a little robot, a kind of mini-man, who is very humorous, very wise and intelligent, and who warns of every hidden danger. He's an electronic marvel midway between the heavenly angel and the family dog that faithfully follows its master around. Of course, I'm speaking of R2D2. God uses angels to be His feet, His hands, and very often, His mouth. For instance, there is the angel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she would bear God's Messiah.
Angels are beings who actually do something to make a difference, to make a life count.
I want to share with you something that struck me with incredible force this week. I shared this with the staff on Wednesday because I had just read these two things side by side. That morning, I had been reading voraciously, as I always do, my weekly issue of Newsweek magazine. I came across the suicide letter left by Mark O. Barton, the man who killed 13 people last week in Atlanta, including his wife and two small children. I wish I didn't.