Survivor Series - Naomi

God provides strength through adversity and power in the darkest times
Oh, Yahweh God, please give me direction. Please give me the strength to carry on. Lord, this is not what I had envisioned for my life. These are not the plans I had made. To be widowed would be burden enough, to be left without my children, I simply cannot believe that my Lord would treat his servant so harshly.
My children. My beautiful, baby boys. Well, perhaps, hardly boys. Rather, they were grown men of strength and character. Men who daily made their old mother proud, men who diligently sought out wives filled with courage, strength and beauty. These young girls, my daughters-in-law, although born of a different race, have become so close to me, I feel as though they must have been born of my own body. But no, I give thanks to two other mothers who loved their girls enough to grant them freedom. Freedom to marry men who would take them far from their birth homes, and begin new lives, face new challenges, and dream of new adventures.

Naomi found God's strength through adversity in the darkest times.
First Naomi's husband died, then her two sons died, leaving her alone with her two daughters-in-law, in a foreign land with no family to lean on.
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Cast: 1 f (monolog)

Bible Reference: Ruth

Set: standard

Sound: wireless mics if available

Song: none

Lighting: standard

SFX: none

Props: none

Costumes: standard

Special Instructions: none

Time: 5

Sample of script:

(Actor stands in deep contemplation, looking upward, speaking in prayer.)

ACTOR:
Oh, Yahweh God, please give me direction.
Please give me the strength to carry on.

Lord, this is not what I had envisioned for my life.
These are not the plans I had made.

To be widowed would be burden enough, but to be left without my children—I simply cannot believe that my Lord would treat His servant so harshly.

My children. My beautiful, baby boys. Well, perhaps, hardly boys. Rather, they were grown men of strength and character. Men who daily made their old mother proud, men who diligently sought out wives filled with courage, strength, and beauty.

These young girls, my daughters-in-law, although born of a different race, have become so close to me, I feel as though they must have been born of my own body.

But no, I give thanks to two other mothers who loved their girls enough to grant them freedom. Freedom to marry men who would take them far from their birth homes, and begin new lives, face new challenges, and dream of new adventures.

Some dreams, some adventures these turned out to be! Looking at where we are in our life now, would these mothers be proud of their daughters’ circumstances, or would they be ashamed to have a connection with the family of Elimelech? These girls, not my daughters by blood, yet my heart breaks at the thought of their hopes and dreams being shattered by so much heartache, so much death. Now, husbandless, their circumstances. . .

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