Angels are cosmic beings and are more famously known as messengers from God. According to the Bible, they have been the warriors against evil, headed by the prolific Michael Archangel, against the forces of evil led by the fallen Angel known as Lucifer. Since the beginning of time, Angels have been the medium of the Lord’s messages for His faithful followers and prophets of the three most widely practiced religions of the world which have set the cornerstone of events and history of the world for more than 2000 years. Famous historical and religious personalities and prophets such as Abraham, Elijah, Mohammad, John the Baptist, Mary mother of Jesus, are a few of many who were visited and given messages from the Lord by Angels, the most famous of these messenger Angels is the Angel Gabriel.
Having been given this role by the Lord, Angels are acknowledged to have provided hope and inspiration to people to withstand life's challenges, and to be strong-willed and stay true to their faith. Willow Tree focuses on Angel sculptures which expresses the qualities of one's emotions and his/her sentiments. Expressions of Love, Friendship, Spirituality, Hope, are just some of the themes available. One look at the Angel statues will let someone reminisce and remember their treasured moments and be inspired.
The renowned artist, Susan Lordi, crafted Willow Tree Angels, every figurine gives out a message of healing, love, hope and courage. Her drive to promote healing and inspiration to motivate others through her sculptures, and remembrance of emotions of life well-lived.
Introduced in January of 2000, with Susan Lordi having only 15 number of Angels and the scene of Christ's Birth. Ever since then, her collection grew by the thousands of Angel figurines to express human sentiments to our loved ones. Susan Lordi also keeps each Willow Tree Figurine “open” to anyone’s interpretation on how they see each piece. She created Willow Tree Angels so that anybody can say what they think about what message each figurine Angel is sending and eventually process that interpretation into something good.
Why is it called Willow Tree? Because each figurine’s vertical stature and tree like texture symbolizes the firm stance of a willow tree and metaphorically holds objects of nature such as flora and animals to symbolize healing, remembrance and beauty.
These simple but intricately designed Angels are hand-crafted to give strength, courage, faith and love. And unlike the Angels that serve as our guardians, Willow Tree Angels are visible to our naked eyes.
Would it not be great to think if an Angel sent by God will appear and comfort us every time we are down on our luck and in our time of sorrow. Providing us comfort, hope and relief by a supernatural being sent by God is such a comforting thought to everyone who believes. I’m sure that most, if not all, persons in different parts of the world have their own story of miracles.
Willow Tree Angels may not be the real ones as their heavenly counterparts that watch over us wherever we go, but they are duplicates of human expressions and emotions that we can relate to and help us enhance each of our emotion and share it to the people we know or do not know, and give them the care, strength and love they deserve.
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