Travis & God II
2002
TRAVIS: (entering, running) Hey Lord!
GOD: Yo! Trav! What’s happenin’?
TRAVIS: (laughs..) I’m sorry, but I get tickled when you do that.
GOD: (laughing) Yea.. me too.
TRAVIS: You would not believe the cool people I met today. (a long pause, then) Oops. I guess you would.
GOD: I guess I would.
TRAVIS: There was this girl…(stops)..No, it’s not what you’re thinking.
GOD: Travis, don’t try to tell me what I’m thinking. Remember who you’re talking to. And besides, what’s wrong with girls? Frankly, I think they’re some of my better work.
TRAVIS: Sorry. But I mean, you should see this girl dance! And then later on she was singing! And she’s got this awesome personality..and she loves you, Lord! She’s really got a heart for you!
GOD: Trav?
TRAVIS: Yea God?
GOD: I know all about her. I made her. But what about Jeanie?
TRAVIS: Who’s Jeanie?
GOD: The girl who sits right beside her.
TRAVIS: Uh..gosh…I guess I never noticed.
GOD: I did. I noticed you. And I noticed how you ignored her.
TRAVIS: Hey, I’m really sorry, Lord. It’s not like I ignored this other girl..I just didn’t know she was sitting there.
GOD: She noticed you, Trav. She’s been watching you all day.. and admiring you.
TRAVIS: I’m really sorry. I had no idea. But you can’t blame me for not noticing everyone.
GOD: No. But I can be sad when you don’t even try. Look Trav, can we speak frankly?
TRAVIS: Uh…I mean..of course! You’re God!
GOD: I know, I’ve heard. But are you in the mood to listen to some…well..tough talk?
TRAVIS: Do I have a choice?
GOD: Yes. Yes, you do. I’m always speaking to you but it’s always your choice to listen.
TRAVIS: (a long beat, then) I’m listening, Lord.
GOD: Trav…..even here…even here at camp where my love is so thick you can cut it..even here.. I see two classes of kids sometimes. The cool kids and the others. Even here, Trav.
TRAVIS: That’s…that’s awful.
GOD: That’s awful. It breaks my heart. I create nothing but beautiful, loving people, then something happens… I saw a little girl crying this morning..and she was standing right beside you.
TRAVIS: No way! Hey Lord, I’ve been looking for lonely kids all day and…
GOD: She was crying on the inside, Travis. She wanted a smile from you..that’s all..just to be noticed. Let me give you a present, Trav.
TRAVIS: A present? After I’ve blown it?
GOD: That’s when I usually give them. Here it is..it’s a message.. In as much as you’ve done to the least of my campers, you’ve done it to me.
TRAVIS: (a very long beat as Trav is first saddened by this, then encouraged…nearly in tears) I’m gonna do better Lord.
GOD: Of course you will. You’re mine, bubba. And I’m never gonna let go of you.
TRAVIS: (in tears) I love you, Lord.
GOD: Yea..but not as much as I love you. Now get out there and find my girl. PAGE
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