When we think of angels, we may think of the mighty beings from the bible… those great messengers of God, sent to do God’s will; the Guardians of the Gates of Eden with mighty flaming swords. For some, the Victorian notion of angels may come to mind; those cute chubby little child cherubs who are so playful and endearing. And many people believe we all have guardian angels, but that they don’t take a very active role in our lives.

Since the early 1990s there have been hundreds of books written on angelic encounters. And where it used to be only at Christmas time did angels make an appearance in the gift stores, sales of angelic paraphernalia has now skyrocketed to year around! And if you search the web, there are thousands of websites dedicated to getting to know the angels.

So what would you say if you found out that angels are actually very interested in your life, and they were just waiting for you to ask them to be part of it? What if the angels wanted to communicate with YOU?

In the inspiring angel book “Angelspeake” (designed to teach others how to communicate with angels) the authors Barbara Mark and Trudy Griswold state “In learning this process of connecting with your angels you will also learn of the many dimensions of love and support that are available to you.”

It’s true; angels bring a profound feeling of love and support. So what are some simple steps you can do to open the doors of communication with your own angels?

Just Talk
It is really just that simple. Start talking to your angels. I started off by just talking out loud to my angels while I was driving in my car. I found that the more I talked to my angels, the more smoothly things seemed to go for me.

Ask
Yup, that’s it. Ask for help. Ask for guidance. Ask for support and peace. The angels can’t intervene in our lives unless we ask; we are beings with freewill and are here to live our own lives! We have to ask for what we want.

Listen
You do not need to be psychic to hear messages from your angels. Angels can communicate with us in ways that we understand. Angels communicate with us by placing synchronicities in our path. A synchronicity is a “meaningful coincidence,” and those meaningful coincidences bring us messages. Say you are thinking about moving to Arizona, so you ask the angels for guidance. Then the next day you talk to a co-worker who says they went to Arizona on vacation and loved it so much they wished they could move there. Coincidence? Nope, that’s a synchronicity, and synchronicities can appear in many ways; a song on the radio, a phrase in an overheard conversation, a book that attracts your attention at the bookstore, or a comment from a friend.

Receive
This sounds simple, but you’d be surprised how quickly we can ask for something, only to close down with fear and worry that it won’t happen for us like we want it to. If we ask for help finding a new job, then get anxious and worried and start randomly applying for jobs that we know wouldn’t be any good for us, we are taking over, aren’t we? Familiar with the phrase “Let Go and Let God?” That’s what receiving is all about. If you are trying to solve your problems by charging in on your white horse, then you are not being open to receive, but are trying to control your situation out of fear. When we are truly open to receive, we are letting our path unfold before us and trusting that things will work out. We need to truly hand our problems over to the angels, and then let go and let them do what they will.

Have Faith
We need to have faith that the angels are behind the scenes working things out for us. If we don’t have faith, we are pushing away everything that the angels are pushing toward us. Sometimes it can be hard to have faith, so if you feel yourself getting fearful ask the angels for faith and patience that things will be okay. And it’s okay to keep asking for faith! When I’m short on faith, I like to recite the following prayer:

The Prayer of Faith
By Hannah More Kohaus

God is my help in every need;
God does my every hunger feed;
God walks beside me, guides my way
Through every moment of the day.

I now am wise, I now am true,
Patient, kind and loving, too.
All things I am, can do, and be,
Through Christ, the Truth that is in me.

God is my health, I can’t be sick;
God is my strength, unfailing, quick;
God is my all, I know no fear,
Since God and love and Truth are here.

Be Thankful
Thank the angels for everything as if it’s already all worked out! Honestly in the mind of the Divine, everything IS already all worked out. It just may take a little time to manifest for you to see it in physical form. So be very thankful! The angels are working very hard for you.

Working with the angels is really very simple, and the benefits are never ending. When we open our hearts and minds, the angels can truly work miracles in our lives.