By Steve Conley
Scripture: Genesis 12:1-4, 13:5-7, 13:8
Props: Bible
Cast: Two actors
(Actor 1 is already on stage. Actor 2 runs on stage, turns to look off stage and shouts...)
Actor 2: That’s fine! I don’t care what you think!
Actor 1: Wow, what’s wrong with you?
Actor 2: Ah, you wouldn’t understand.
Actor 1: I might. Try me.
Actor 2: It’s my brother. He thinks he has to have all of his stuff lying around! Well, I’ve got news for him. I have stuff too!
Actor 1: So you and your brother are arguing?
Actor 2: Yes, and now our sisters are fussing about it also. One is on his side and the other is on my side. It’s all one big mess!
Actor 1: So what is it all about?
Actor 2: Me and my brother share a bedroom. I have one side and he has the other. He keeps on piling all his stuff on my side. I have my own stuff and my space is my space. There is no room for all of his junk!
Actor 1: This reminds me of Abram and Lot.
Actor 2: You better believe a lot. A lot more then some ole broom is going to take care of.
Actor 1: I said Abram and Lot. Abram, later known as Abraham? You know, the ancestor of God’s people? Remember Abraham from the Old Testament?
Actor 2: Yes I remember him. Who’s the other guy?
Actor 1: Lot is his name and he was Abram’s nephew.
Actor 2: Ok, I’ve got it now. Why does all of this remind you of them.
Actor 1: Let me read you something from Genesis 12: 1 - 4. (read the scripture)
Actor 2: Wow, a great nation, blessings and all of that stuff.
Actor 1: Yes God blessed him very much. But because Lot was with Abram he was also blessed. Let me read this from Genesis 13: 5 - 7. (read scripture)
Actor 2: See that’s just what I mean. All of that stuff that Lot had just got in the way of Abram’s stuff. That’s what I’m talking about! So what did Abram do? Did he give him the ole one two punch?
Actor 1: No!
Actor 2: I know he kicked him out of the house!
Actor 1: No, not exactly!
Actor 2: Well what then?
Actor 1: Here’s what he did. It say’s in Genesis 13: 8 (read scripture)
Actor 2: What? No fighting?
Actor 1: No, no fighting. Both Abram and Lot knew that fighting was wrong. They knew that God is not pleased when we argue and fight. When we choose others first, it pleases God. They talked and worked out the problem.
Actor 2: Your right. I know God doesn’t want us to act that way. We need to sit down and work out a solution.
Actor 1: How about a toy box?
Actor 2: A what?
Actor 1: A toy box. It’s a big box that you put your toys in or any other stuff you have laying around.
Actor 2: Wow, that’s a great idea. I’ve never heard of that before. Did you just think of that? You’re a genius! That’s amazing! You know you should market that. He will love that idea.....
(Actor 1 just walks off while Actor 2 continues to ramble on...)
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