Margarette Ann glumly floated in the atmosphere surrounding the Chamber of Gifts and Talents. Brooding over the gifts and talents she had just received, she sadly looked around. She tenderly observed the home she loved but was destined to leave for a season for the assignment she had been given.
Margarette Ann had received soldier and leadership skills, evangelism, and other skills she would need for her Earth stay. She was chosen to serve in the Army of the world and as an evangelist and preacher but really didn’t want to go. She didn’t want to be a soldier. Nor did she want to be an evangelist. Surely, she thought, something could be done so she could stay here in Heaven.
“Margarette Ann, what seems to be the problem? You seem dark for some reason. Is there anything I can help with?” enquired Earthbound Angel Saran, observing the mood of his charge. Always somber, Margarette Ann seemed to be a little more solemn than usual.
This pre-born clearly did not want an Earth assignment. She wanted no part of those humans on that place called Earth. They were selfish, lazy, ugly, and just not her type at all. And she was not afraid to let her feelings be known.
When she visited the family she was assigned to, she was not impressed by any of them. This gave her all the more reason for not wanting to go on the assignment the Lord had for her on the Earth. She didn’t want to go to Earth to be around people and she didn’t want to be stuck with these people for an extended assignment on Earth if she didn’t like them.
She didn’t know why but she really just didn’t like people. After all, she barely wanted anything to do with the other pre-borns in Heaven. All she wanted to do was be with the Father and the Son.
Why couldn’t they just let her be?
She wasn’t like many of the other pre-borns, who were always ready for another adventure. She had had all the adventure she wanted or needed the few times she had visited Adam and Eve during their assignment in Eden. And that was an education in itself! After observing them and seeing how easy it was to turn away from God, she decided she had seen enough. She didn’t want to learn any more about Earth. She was satisfied right where she was.
“Angel,” she began in that stoic voice Angel Saran had come to recognize and love. “I don’t understand why I must go down to Earth to do something I have no interest in doing,” she said matter-of-factly. “God has plenty of pre-borns who would love to go to Earth to be human and do whatever,” she explained morosely.
Every so often, one just like Margarette Ann would come along and be extremely reluctant to go into the Earth-realm. The last one had been a pre-born named Oprah who eventually succeeded in making the largest impact on the Earth the world had ever known from a woman, especially a woman of color. But that was another story …
Margarette Ann was bright and inquisitive. This little pre-born was always the first to love on the Almighty and His Son. She was extremely averse to leaving Heaven and did not want to be used in the Earth-realm.
“Margarette Ann,” said Angel Saran, “you will do much good in the Earth-realm. You will save many lives and have a positive influence on those you meet.”
“Angel Saran, I know what you are saying is true, but I really don’t want to leave here. Can’t I be an angel like you? I think I would make a good angel, don’t you?” pleaded Margarette Ann.
To make her point, the pre-born shot through the atmosphere as she had seen the warrior angels do many times during practice. She dove and twisted, pretending to have her angelic sword drawn to fight off fallen angels who continually attempted to battle their way back into Heaven.
She swept across the sky in a series of moves she had watched the warriors perform many times, wishing she could be assigned to their war teams. With expert moves, Margarette Ann thrust, whirled, and slid from position to position as though she had been created for such an assignment. Oh, how she would love to be with the warrior angels as they engaged in conflict after conflict in the Heavens for the Saints of God!
Angel Saran lovingly shook his head at this pre-born. He could tell she had studied the warrior angels. He could also discern that God had poured these abilities into this pre-born spirit for the battles she would face in her assignments on the Earth.
“Can I tell Abba? Can I talk to Him about this?” she asked as she came to a halt before Saran. “Maybe He’ll change His mind,” she pleaded with her angel. Surely, God wouldn’t want her to go to Earth when she was so adamant about not going. Surely …
In an instant, Margarette Ann was in the presence of Almighty God and His Son. As she experienced the warmth of His presence and His love, she glowed brighter than she had since before entering the Chamber of Gifts and Talents. She loved her Creator and basked in the warmth of His glory, desiring to be able to do this for all eternity.
“Come to Me, Spirit Child,” the Almighty beckoned. “I understand you are experiencing great reluctance in going on the mission I have designed just for you.”
“Yes, Abba,” she admitted, reverently approaching the One she loved so much. “I have great reluctance and a little apprehension. Can’t you send someone else? Someone who likes others? What about Carolyn or Anna?”
“Abba, didn’t you see the exhibition I put on for Angel Saran? Don’t You think I would make a good warrior angel, Father God?” she asked, ready to make her case again if needed. “Besides,” she continued, “I love others but I don’t like them! Carolyn and Anna at least like everyone. I don’t like being around anyone but You, Jesus, and Your Holy Spirit,” she explained, shimmering in the brightness of the Light surrounding her.
The Voice of the Ages boomed in laughter. “And that, My beloved one, is why I have chosen to send you on the assignment I have planned just for you. You see, spirit child, I don’t like the humans I have placed on the Earth either. They are never satisfied and always want more of what they already have. They don’t want to listen to Me yet they want Me to do things for them,” Almighty God explained. “But like you, I do love them. I am sending you as a dose of reality. When you come into the knowledge of My Truth as a human, you will be a very strong preacher, much like Evangelist Philip, and spread about the truth of My Word. I am sending you not to like people but to love them,” Abba concluded with a thunderous laugh.
Margarette Ann brightened as she understood her assignment.
“I’ll try, Father,” she promised. “But I’m telling You right now … I am not going to like it,” the pre-born spirit said boldly yet reverently.