Entertaining Angels

When my older sister was in high school, she memorized a dramatic speech that was adapted from a book by Dale Evans Rogers. It was a very touching oration. I was reminded of it in church today when we read Hebrews 13. Here is a description of the book.

Entertainers Roy and Dale Evans Rogers were thrilled when their little daughter Robin was born. But their excitement turned to concern when they were informed that Robin was born with Down Syndrome and advised to "put her away." The Rogers ignored such talk and instead kept Robin, and she graced their home for two and a half years. Though Robin's time on earth was short, she changed her parent's lives and even made life better for other children born with special needs in the years to come. ANGEL UNAWARE is Robin's account of her life as she looks down from heaven. As she speaks to God about the mission of love she just completed on earth, the reader sees how she brought her parents closer to God and encourages them to help other children in need. This book, which changed the way America treated children with special needs, is now available to a new generation. It is the perfect gift for parents of special needs children, parents grieving the death of a child, or anyone whose life has been touched by a special child.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Hebrews 13:2

When I was a child, our family would often go to Glen Oak Park on Sunday afternoons in the summer for a picnic. We often would stay into the evening to listen to the free band concert at the outdoor bandstand. After we got married and our kids were little, we would try to do the same in the summer. But we hadn't made it there in years. Today, with no plans and beautiful weather, the old farmer, his wife, and oldest daughter went on a picnic to Glen Oak and stayed for the band concert. It was a nice evening and an enjoyable, patriotic concert.