BACK BOXES2 5'2m?f Puppets link ministry with answered prayers (sound cue: boing) ERNIE -- (pops up) Wo! What was that?! Hey, where am I?! (looks around) BERT --- (pops up with small box) Oh, hi, we've been expecting you. ERNIE -- You were? (looks around) BERT --- Yes. (drops box over the front lip of the stage) ERNIE -- Where am I? BERT --- Heaven. You're in heaven. ERNIE -- Heaven!? BERT --- Excuse me just a moment. (drops down, pops up with another box, drops it over the front lip of the stage, grunts) ERNIE -- How did I get to Heaven? BERT --- You died. All Christians go to Heaven as soon as they die. And you're a Christian, so, here you are. Excuse me just a moment. (drops down, pops up with another box, drops it over the front lip of the stage, grunts) ERNIE -- So, I'm in Heaven. BERT --- Yes. Excuse me just a moment. (drops down, pops up with another box, drops it over the front lip of the stage, grunts) ERNIE -- What are you doing? BERT --- Oh, ah, I was just cleaning out your mansion. Excuse me just a moment. (drops down, pops up with another box, drops it over the front lip of the stage, grunts) ERNIE -- This is MY mansion? This great big house? This belongs to me? BERT --- Yes. Jesus promised that every Christian would have a really nice place to live when he got to Heaven and this is yours. Excuse me just a moment. (drops down, pops up with another box) ERNIE -- What are throwing away? BERT --- These? These are all empty. They are unanswered prayers. (drops box over the front lip of the stage, grunts) ERNIE -- Unanswered prayers? BERT --- Yes, when someone on earth prays for something, the Lord usually answers the prayer by giving the work to another Christian on earth. If that Christian does the work of the Lord, the person gets what he prays for and God fills the empty box with really fun toys and things. If the Christian doesn't do the work of the Lord, his box stays empty. Excuse me just a moment. (drops down, pops up with another box, drops it over the front lip of the stage, grunts) ERNIE -- Wait a minute. Are you saying that people's prayers didn't get answered because of me? BERT --- Yeah. Excuse me just a moment. (drops down, pops up with another box) Yeah, here's a good example. This little old lady prayed for some nice person to come and mow her lawn. ERNIE -- Oh, oh. BERT --- What's the matter? ERNIE -- My Dad asked me if I would mow Mrs Eldridge's lawn. And I said I was too busy. You mean, Mrs Eldridge's prayer didn't get answered because of me? BERT --- That's right. (drops it over the front lip of the stage, grunts) ERNIE -- Couldn't the Lord find someone else to mow her lawn? BERT --- Well, sure. But he wanted YOU to do it. There's always just one person who is perfect to answer a prayer. (laughs) You would have loved the great toy that the Lord had all picked out for you if you had answered Mrs Eldridge's prayer. Excuse me just a moment. (drops down, pops up with another box, drops it over the front lip of the stage, grunts) . ERNIE -- Oh, man, there goes another one! Didn't I get ANY rewards at all? BERT --- Sure you did. Every time you do something nice or go out of your way to help somebody, there's a chance that you could be answering someone's prayer. I'll show you your reward boxes as soon as I'm done cleaning out these empties. Excuse me just a moment. (drops down, pops up with another box, drops it over the front lip of the stage, grunts) ERNIE -- (looks over edge at all the boxes) Look at all those unanswered prayers. Could I go back home and mow Mrs Eldridge's lawn now? BERT --- Nope. Sorry, Mrs Eldridge had to sell her house, because the yard work got to be too much for her. ERNIE -- Oh, dear. (hangs head over edge of stage) BERT --- (drops down, pops up with another box, drops it over the front lip of the stage, grunts) It's too late for any of these prayer requests anyway. Once you're in Heaven, you're here for good. ERNIE -- Couldn't God have given those prayer requests to some other Christians? BERT --- He could. And sometimes he does for the big ones that affect a lot of people. But mostly, if a Christian doesn't do what the Lord wants him to, somebody doesn't get what he prayed for. I'm sure you prayed for some things that you didn't get. (drops down, pops up with another box, drops it over the front lip of the stage, grunts) ERNIE -- (perks up) So, that's why I didn't get what I prayer for? BERT --- Yup. If every Christian did what they were supposed to do. There would sure be a lot more prayers answered. ERNIE -- But how was I supposed to know what prayers I was supposed to answer? BERT --- Usually, it's a your Mom or Dad who asks you to do something. (drops down, pops up with another box, drops it over the front lip of the stage, grunts) ERNIE -- Like mowing Mrs Eldridge's lawn. BERT --- Yes. But sometimes it's the pastor or your Sunday School teacher. They usually don't just ask you to do things for no reason. They ask you because they know that you have what it takes to do the Lord's work. (drops down, pops up with another box) ERNIE -- (lays head backward over edge of stage) I really blew it. BERT --- Don't be sad now. This is heaven. You have several boxes full of rewards to play with here. You did some nice things to answer people's prayers. (drops it over the front lip of the stage, grunts) Well, that's the last of them. ERNIE -- (looks over edge of stage) I could have had MORE rewards. BERT --- Come on. Cheer up. Let's go see your rewards. (exits) ERNIE -- Okay. (turns follows) Wo! Look at all those rewards! Those are all for me?! ©2013 Bob Snook. Conditions for use: Do not sell any part of this script, even if you rewrite it. Pay no royalties, even if you make money from performances. 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