5 Ways to Deepen Your Relationship With Your Guardian Angel

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Everyone has a guardian angel hovering over their shoulder. This angel is always with you, and they are there to help protect you and guide you throughout your life and its assorted challenges and trials. Far too often, however, people forget about the heavenly being who walks beside them every day.

Your guardian angel is always trying to help you. They try to lead you away from sin and keep your feet on the straight and narrow path. They are an important part of God’s plan for you, yet far too often people do not even think about the angel standing watch over them. They take their guardian angel for granted. You may well be doing the same thing right now. Your guardian angel will never abandon you, but it is always better to cultivate a good relationship with those in your life who play an important role in your ongoing story. Your guardian angel is no different. You should be just as focused on your relationship with your guardian angel as you would with any relationship you have with another human being. Cultivating a relationship, however, takes time. It takes work. It takes energy, but you have to start somewhere. With that in mind, here are five ways to deepen your relationship with your guardian angel.

Learn their name.

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The first thing you do when you meet most people is learn their name. You might not ask for a person’s name if you literally passed them on the street and said a polite, “good morning,” but if you have any intention of speaking to them again, you asked their name. Your guardian angel should not be any different in this regard. If you want to deepen your relationship with your guardian angel, you need to learn their name and use it when addressing them. In addition to being polite, using your guardian angel’s name will help you get to know them as an individual. They will no longer just be “an angel,” they will be a friend.

To learn your guardian angel’s name, settle yourself somewhere away from distractions and try to clear you mind. When you are feeling relaxed, say a short prayer asking your guardian angel to whisper their name in your ear. The first name you think of is their name.

Speak to them daily.

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It is hard to form a relationship when two beings do not talk to each other. This is true regardless of whether or not the relationship is between two humans or a human and an angel. If you want to deepen your relationship with you guardian angel, you need to spend time with them and speak to them on a regular basis. So, make sure you take a few minutes to pray and speak to them each day. Do not be surprise if you do not get answers right away when you start speaking to them regularly. Building a relationship takes time regardless of who the two participants are and how badly they want the relationship to progress. So, be patient as you get in the habit of speaking to your guardian angel, but make sure you never stop reaching out to them.

Pay attention to the signs they leave you.

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Angels leave signs of their presence wherever they go. Sometimes those signs are subtle and easy to miss. Other times they are open and obvious. Which sort of signs you receive from your guardian angel will depend on both the situation as well as your guardian angel’s personality. Some angels like to leave flagrant clues for their humans. Others prefer to work through more subtle means. Regardless of which your angel chooses to use, be on the lookout for the signs that they are nearby and reaching out to you. Feathers are some of the most obvious symbols that you can stumble across, and you probably have an especially blatant angel if the feathers are white. Other common signs are a pleasant smell, especially one that you associate with memories of comfort and safety; recurring numbers, such as always glancing at the clock when it is 11:11; and snippets of comforting or empowering songs getting stuck in your head when you have not heard the actual song in ages.

Meditate regularly.

Some of the most famous angelic appearances in the Bible are those who made their presence clear and their mission apparent as soon as they revealed themselves to a human. These are miraculous and incredible stories, but most people do not encounter angels in such open and powerful forms. The average person does not receive a clear statement from an angel who has become visible. Instead, they get quiet, easily missed signs and clues. If you are not in the right frame of mind, you might not even notice your guardian angel talking to you. Your mind will be too filled with the day to day drama and the minutia of daily life to appreciate what your guardian angel is telling you. Take some time each day to meditate and clear your mind so that you can hear your guardian angel when they speak to you.

Act on any guidance they give you.

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If you want to deepen your relationship with your guardian angel, you need to respect the job that they have been sent to do and not make it harder for them to do said job. This means, in short, that when they tell you to do something, you need to listen. If they warn you about taking a new position, listen to them and pass on the job. If they push you to join a Bible study or take a chance on a new friend, listen to them and reach out to the other person or people. No one likes to talk to someone who consistently ignores everything they say. Angels are no different in this regard. They will not stop reaching out if you ignore them, but they are not going to be as much of an active part of your life if you insist on ignoring their advice.