Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Veronica Sorola of San Antonio, Texas, willingly admits that when she was a teenager, her behavior problems affected her family. 

"We could never go out to dinner without some type of argument taking place," Veronica says, "We bickered, we yelled and complained, and the night was always ruined."

Then came an evening that was different. The family had gone out for dinner again (you have to admire Veronica's parents, don't you?) but this time the family didn't fight. 

"For what seemed like the first time, we enjoyed our meal, laughed, shared stories of the day's events," Veronica recalls. "It was unreal for our household to actually enjoy an evening out." 

Nothing unusual had happened to cause the change, Veronica mused on the way home. And yet everything had been so much fun! Maybe, she thought, she could pay more attention to her own attitude.

The family pulled up to their driveway and got out of the car. "Look!" one of them shouted, and the others looked up. "There was a brilliant blue ball of light dancing just above our one-story roof," Veronica remembers. "It was the prettiest thing I have ever seen. It was about the size of a big grapefruit, somewhat transparent, and a magnificent blue." 

Everyone was thunderstruck. What was it? And what was it doing in their driveway? 

Then a feeling of love stole over Veronica. "Somehow I understood that God was happy with us because we didn't fight. We were a family, behaving the way a family should."

Veronica's father and brother ran to the front door, and she and her mother continued to stare at the dancing ball, watching as it finally vanished. The whole episode had probably only lasted a minute. But its impact of kindness and awe remains to this day.

When Veronica eventually discovered that angels often appear as balls of light, she considered whether the blue ball was an angel. But she decided it didn’t matter.

"I know the Lord was smiling down on us that night," she says. "So when I find myself frustrated with a member of my family, I actively try to cool down and remind myself that He is watching, and I want to make Him happy with me and my family. I hope that one day I get to see the ball again, but this time with my husband and daughter."

Have you ever seen a dancing ball?