Ellie & God PAC III, 2, 2016
ELLIE: Hi, God. It’s me again.
God: Hi, Ellie.
ELLIE: You know what?
God: No. What?
ELLIE: This is like being on vacation.
God: Good. Why?
ELLIE: I mean, it’s not the Ozarks or Disney World. .
God: But we’ve got few Goofy’s. .
ELLIE: (laughs) Yeah . . . but when you go on vacation you can just sort of leave everything else behind. . . You know what I mean?
God: I do.
ELLIE: I don’t worry about things like I usually do. . . I’m not stressed. .
God: . . yeah.
ELLIE: And know what?
God: What?
ELLIE: I don’t even miss my cell phone.
God: I told you there was a God.
ELLIE: It gives me time to think. . . you know, without all the distractions.
God: Even John?
ELLIE: Well, there are still a few distractions. But I just wish I had more courage sometimes. I wish I wasn’t so afraid of making decisions and doing things that scare me. . . things that seem to big for me to handle.
God: How much money do you have on you?
ELLIE: What?
God: Money. Cash. How much did you bring to camp?
ELLIE: Well. . . hardly anything. I’ve got about three dollars in my suitcase.
God: So what if you want to buy five dollars worth of Mountain Dew this weekend?
ELLIE: I’d never want to do that.
God: Work with me, Ellie. Pretend, okay?
ELLIE: Okay. . . I guess I’d be two dollars short.
God: What if I gave you the two dollars.
ELLIE: Then I’d have enough.
God: Isn’t math fun?
ELLIE: I don’t get your point, Lord.
God: So often, Ellie. . so often you look at what you have to do. . then you look at how much time or ability you have. . .and you decide you can’t do it. You think there’s not enough in you go get it done.
ELLIE: Yeah. That’s pretty much me all right.
God: And you don’t think about me. You measure what it takes then you measure what you’ve got, and you forget that I’m there to make up the difference.
ELLIE: I keep forgetting that.
God: I know you do. So I’m reminding you, okay? Hold out your hand, okay?
ELLIE: Hold out my hand?
God: Yeah. . hold it out. (YOU DO) Now take mine. .
ELLIE: Okay.
God: Let’s go through this together, okay?
ELLIE: Okay.
God: Maddy’s got a message for you . . and you won’t need a cell phone.
ELLIE: Maddy?
MADDY: “I will never leave you or forsake you.”
ELLIE: I like that.
God: You ready to go? . . together?
ELLIE: Together. (and you exit)