Travis and God 2004 IV-1
TRAVIS: (enters singing a song that’s just been performed) GOD: Hey Trav!
TRAVIS: Hey God! Has this been a great day or what?
GOD: They’re all great…then I turn them over to you.
TRAVIS: And we know how that goes, don’t we?
GOD: We sure do, Trav. What’s on your mind?
TRAVIS: Oh geesh..it’s the same old thing, Lord. I come to PAC camp and I know I’m should just be coming here to worship you then…I don’t know..something always happens.
GOD: Scott tries to sing?
TRAVIS: You know what mean, Lord. I keep thinkin’ about me. I mean, I get up here to perform and sometimes….I know this is a sin, Lord…but lots of times I ask somebody to pray for me and …well….
GOD: You don’t even pay attention to their prayer. You’re too busy thinking about your own performance.
TRAVIS: You’ve been listening in, haven’t you?
GOD: Yea. I can do that.
TRAVIS: But I can’t get over it, Lord. I get ready to sing or play an instrument then somebody really good gets up there and…I don’t know…I get jealous. I want to be the best.
GOD: You know, Trav, you’ve got this problem.
TRAVIS: Tell me about it.
GOD: You’re human.
TRAVIS: (a beat) Is that bad?
GOD: It’s got its up’s and down’s.
TRAVIS: You mean it’s okay to feel this way?
GOD: Okay? Well, you’re going in the right direction.
TRAVIS: I am?
GOD: Yea. Because it’s bothering you. It bothers you when you get jealous. That’s a very good sign. Some people, Trav… it doesn’t even cross their mind. And that’s…well, that’s bad.
TRAVIS: Sometimes Lord, when I remember that you know everything that crosses my mind….Well, it makes me wonder how you could ever love me.
GOD: Like that girl in the dance this morning?
TRAVIS: Hey! Hey Lord! Quiet! There might be somebody listening!
GOD: That’d be a nice change. (a long beat) Travis, it’s okay. I understand..I really do. Remember my boy?
TRAVIS: Huh? I mean..oh…Jesus. Of course I remember your boy.
GOD: He felt everything you have, Trav. That’s the reason I sent him. I wanted you to know…I wanted everybody to know that I understand what you feel.
TRAVIS: That’s…I don’t know…that’s so hard to realize. Christ felt everything…..?
GOD: Everything. Every temptation you feel, my boy felt. Everything that gets in your way tried to get in his.
TRAVIS: It’s just like I feel…you know…I feel like a…a….ping pong ball, Lord. I’m out there praising you then I pick up my guitar or I do a dance and I’m right back where I started. At camp I feel so good to be in your presence then I get away from camp and it’s….well, it’s almost like you never existed.
GOD: (a long beat) You hate your sister?
TRAVIS: Huh?
GOD: Jessie used to do some pretty weird things to you…tied up the phone, got mad at you once in a while…pouted and wouldn’t even talk one week.
TRAVIS: Yea, but I mean…she’s my sister. I understood.
GOD: (a beat) So do I, brother.
TRAVIS: (a long beat, then) I’ll try harder, Lord.
GOD: That’s all I want.
TRAVIS: I mean it this time. I’ll really try harder.
GOD: You meant it last time…
TRAVIS: But…
GOD: And that’s okay…I believed you both times, Travis. And that’s really okay. Hey, let’s face it. Sometimes I allow things to happen that can make you mad at me, right?
TRAVIS: Well, now that you bring it up.
GOD: You hate me?
TRAVIS: Of course not.
GOD: Get out there and sing for me, Travis. And dance. And shout and make music and act stupid, and fall on your face, and love people….and the rest of it…..well, we’ll work on it. Just keep talking to me and we’ll be alright. Okay…friend?
TRAVIS: Okay, friend. And if I get jealous….
GOD: Just remember that I do too. Whenever you pay attention what somebody else thinks about you ..instead of what I think.
TRAVIS: So…you cool with all this?
GOD: Of course I’m cool. Hey! I’m God! (Travis exits singing his opening song.)
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