I did not hear anything like that when i was a kid
and i will not deny that a personal guardian angel sounds good but where does it say any thing like that in the Bible?
I have a scripture that i guess i must have made up because even though i thought that i had read it in the bible i have not been able to find it when needed and it is this.
Who so ever believes a lie and teaches it to be so is in danger of condemnation.
We believe what we believe but to teach something that we can not easily prove by scripture in plain words and with out going over the whole bible and getting a little bit here and a little bit there is not what i call wholesome teaching.
If what the story says is true then why do so many children lose their lives in such simple incidences such as drownings?
“...I will not deny that a personal guardian angel sounds good but where does it say any thing like that in the Bible?”
In 2 Kings the King of Syria sent an army to get Elisha, who had been telling the King of Israel all of the Syrian’s movements as they moved against Israel. Elisha’s servant was afraid, and what follows here is the account of that. I do not equate this to ‘personal guardian angels’, but to the fact that God does send His Angels to protect us, just as he did here for Elisha...
“Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.”
(2 Kings 6:11-17)