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Angel Celebrations: Birthday Division
by Jan Ackerson Dorcas was the third assistant to the Vice President in charge of Angel Celebrations: Birthday Division. Her duties kept her happily busy; every time a new believer was born again, Dorcas selected the appropriate praise music and notified those members of the heavenly host whose names had moved to the top of the rotation. She would instantaneously transmit a HeavengramBirthday celebration: Report immediately!and the gala would begin. Dorcass favorite part of every birthday celebration came at the end, when a grand Alleluia! would summon the King, who wrote the new believers name in shining gold script in the Lambs Book of Life. Dorcas had other duties, too. When not organizing birthday festivities, she checked often with the Department of Guardian Angels, to monitor potential birthday celebrants: those who were close to coming to faith. This is where she sat today, talking with Nathaniel, the fifth assistant to the Overseer of Guardian Angels: United States Division. Ive got a great possibility in Michigan, reported Nathaniel. Sarah Jefferson of Lansing has been doing some real soul-searching. Her guardian angel, Shoshanna, tells me that Sarahs asking herself all the right questions. Yesterday, she even dug out the Bible she got from her church when she graduated from 6th grade. Great! exclaimed Dorcas. Ill be planning Sarahs birthday celebration soon, then! After a brief discussion of several other promising candidates, Dorcas hurried off. Shed been paged to organize a rare birthday celebration for a new Vietnamese believer. This one would be spectacular! It wasnt until several days later that Dorcas met up again with Nathaniel. Whatever became of Sarah Jefferson? she asked. I thought wed have had her celebration by now! I know, replied Nathaniel sorrowfully. She was so close. Shoshanna was watching her intentlyjust praying for the right person to come into her life and introduce her to the King. She even consulted with the guardian angel of one of Sarahs neighbors Nathaniel consulted his Heavenly Data Assistanta Nicole Travers. Nicoles a believer, so Shoshanna and Lydia teamed up to nudge her toward Sarah. What happened? Nicole felt their encouragement, thats for sure. But she resisted it, telling herself that Sarah would be offended if she got too pushy. Nicoles keeping herself very busy with church projects nowshe doesnt have any time left for befriending Sarah. What a shame! What has become of Sarah, then? For now, shes still searching for answers. But Shoshanna reports that she has started to investigate Eastern religions, and that her Bible is now buried under a pile of self-help books. Dorcas and Nathaniel paused for a moment, thinking about what might have been: Sarah Jeffersons name in the Lambs Book of Life, and the Kings radiant smile as He wrote it there. I hope its not too late for Sarah, Dorcas said wistfully. I would have loved to plan her birthday party. Jan is a Christian who has traveled through sorrow and depression, and has found victory and grace. She dedicates all writings to her Heavenly Father. Check out Jan's website at www.1hundred-words.com Copywrite Jan Ackerson--2006 Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |