When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” (Mark 16.1 – 3, ESV)

My wife, June, and her friend Phoebe were asking a similar question when they met at a restaurant the other day. June had two 50-pound bags of wheat in her car that we had picked up for Phoebe, who lives in Denver. “Who is going to transfer the wheat from June’s car to Phoebe’s car?” We all prayed for an angel.

While they were having lunch and studying the Bible together, a man walked up and said, “Are you all women of God?” They replied, “Yes, we are!” The man continued to talk with them and somehow the subject of angels came up, and June responded, “As a matter of fact, we asked the Lord to send us an angel, are you him?”

He laughed and said, “What do you need done?” Within a few minutes, he had transferred the wheat! Mission accomplished…by an angel whom God sent. An angel who introduced himself as “Pastor Steve.”

An angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. (Matthew 28.2, ESV)