A new and unique patented item available online takes the shape of metal art angels that are mainly intended for attaching to granite headstones as decorative additional cemetery memorials to be given as bereavement gifts. They can also serve as decorations in settings such as gardens and patios since they are constructed of outdoor-resistant materials and each one features an eternal candle that powers up with a solar panel by day so it can shine down at night. Each unit comes in at an affordable price of under $300 for those who want to honor those who have passed or to give as a very thoughtful gift to Christians who thought they had everything under the sun from the Christian gift shop. The manufacturer is a company called "Angels for Loved Ones" and is the invention of Canadian metal artist Todd Moore, who realized that placing artwork on a grave marker would be a touching remembrance of the dear departed. He visualized something that would be dignified, practical, long-lasting, and reverent. What better image for Christians than an angel hovering over the family plot with a candle shining down on the name of the deceased. The angels come in a variety of colors and with special tools to lock them onto the memorial to make them vandal-resistant; if thieves enter the cemetery there would be no temptation to steal them for they would have to pry them off with tools that would damage them totally at the points where the metal is locked onto the memorial. The clamps come in three sizes so customers should consult their records or the supplier to see if the headstone is thin, medium, or thick. They make locating a plot much easier; sometimes cemetery visits are few and far between and people can spend a lot of time getting oriented among all the headstones, so having the angel up above can pinpoint the location. Philosophers may not know how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, but your children and descendants will know that it's one-for-one on a grave marker. People associate angels with protection from evil and the term "guardian angel" sprang up over the years, although there is no such role for angels mentioned in the Old or New Testaments. Angels in heaven are described in the Bible as eternal beings that exist to sing the praises of God and sometimes stories have been told where they appear on Earth but in human form. They have a ranking system that became quite complex in the Middle Ages. Angels were wonderful images to fill out the great religious chapels and the paintings of the day. Michelangelo made lavish figures of angels so that the heavenly realm could be inhabited by beings that could surround God. The notion we have become used to is that angels carry a harp, fly on wings, and have halos over their heads. This has evolved because invisible beings are so hard to describe. All the religions use words like malakh, angelos, and the Sanskrit angiras, all of which mean "messenger" so angels are first and foremost messengers of the Lord. They generally show up with messages of prophecy or doom. In the earliest Biblical books angels were more like servants of God who ran errands as counselors, judges, and heavenly warriors but in the Middle Ages they became supernatural beings who sit around the throne of judgment and visit mankind to inspire hope. Everyone has a different vision of what an angel is and what role angels may have in a person's life. These days they seem neutral and, like the Holy Spirit, have lost importance in the overall teachings of Christianity. The metal art versions may bring back the old religious teaching that there are heavenly beings that have the time and inclination to help us here on Earth.
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