Does He?

 

The idea for this set of monologues came from one of Max Lucado's books, but I can't seem to find the quote again. I just know that the first and the last monologues come from his book.It was presented before a lesson on what does God think about me. Wow, I'm sure that really surprised you!

Setting: This is presented in monologue form. Each person will “freeze” until his/her time to speak. As person 5 begins to speak each of them slowly raise their heads and listen intently to the words. When person 5 is finished he/she begins to sing “Amazing Grace” very slowly. The others join in and sing through the first verse, pointing to their chests on the “wretch like me” part.

ONE: Here is what I want to know: Does God love me when I am a jerk? When I am peppy and happy and trying to cure world hunger, I know how he feels about me then, even I like me then. But what about when I snap at anything that moves, when my thoughts are gutter-level, when my tongue is sharp enough to slice a rock. How does He feel about me then?

TWO: If God loves a cheerful giver, and helps those who help themselves then what does he feel about me when I’m not cheerful, and I so stuck in self-doubt that I can’t move much less help myself. I get that he smiles when I am getting it right. When I am bending over to help someone in need, and when I am joyfully serving him, but does that mean he frowns when I am getting it all wrong. Does he turn his back when I look in the mirror and cry because of the face I see in front of me? Can he like me even when I don’t like myself?

THREE: Worthless. Yeah that pretty much sums me up. What use am I? Why would God call me to do anything? I can’t get anything right. I see how he can call other people, those people full of grace and charm, who always seem to know the right thing to say. I don’t see why he would pick me at all. I can’t do anything. Why would God choose me? Why would he love me? I don’t have anything to offer.

FOUR: God loves everybody right? So how is that supposed to help me? Why should that make me feel special? It’s just a blanket of love. If he was selective, if he was choosy, I would never make it. Why would he choose me with this face, this hair, this body? I get the Sunday school idea that God loves me, but I can’t believe he looked at me and chose me. I can’t believe he can look at me and like what he created.

FIVE: It’s a question as old as time itself. Does God really care about me warts and all? Adam and Eve didn’t think he did so they hid after their sin. David cried in Psalm after to Psalm wanting to know if after all could God still care. The thing is that God, untethered by time, sees us all every part, every sin, every victory, every failure…and he loves what he sees. Flooded by emotion. Overcome by pride, the Starmaker turns to us, one by one, and says, “You are my child. I love you dearly. I’m aware that someday you’ll turn from me and walk away. But I want you to know, I have already provided you a way back.

Sing AMAZING GRACE