Characters: Gatekeeper, Mrs. Olson ( An older woman), John Smith
The scene opens at Heaven's Gate
Gatekeeper: Next, Next, Please keep the line moving.
Mrs. Olson: I think that I am next.
Gatekeeper: Name Please. (Opens Large Book)
Mrs. Olson: Charlotte Olson. I'm probably not in that big book. I
would imagine that just the
important Christians like Paul, Barnabus, or Fanny J. Crosby are in that
big book. I'd be in the book for the people that loved and served the Lord
but didn't really do anything real important.
Gatekeeper: There isn't any Charlotte Olson listed. Did you ever
have another name?
Mrs. Olson: Well my name before I was married was Smithton, Barbara
Smithton.
Gatekeeper: Did you accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior as
an adult or a child?
Mrs. Olson: I was a child. I remember the day as though it
happened yesterday. I was in the
Junior girls Sunday School Class. Mrs. Thomas was our teacher. She had
this lesson on sin.
She used a black heart and a white heart and said that Jesus could change
our black heart of sin
to a heart that was white as snow. I wanted that white Sinless heart so I
asked Jesus into my heart to be my Savior. It was the best thing that I'd
ever done.
Gatekeeper: Most people that accept Christ as their Savior do it
before they are 12 years old.
Only a small percentage of adults accept Jesus. That is why it is so
important to teach the children. Your name is in the Book Of Life so go
on into Heaven.
Gate opens and Mrs. Olson walks through. She stands there a moment
looking around.
Young Man: Mrs. Olson, Mrs. Olson!
Mrs. Olson: Are you speaking to me young man?
Young Man: Don't you remember me?
Mrs. Olson: No, I'm afraid that I don't.
Young Man: I am Joe Jones.
Mrs. Olson: You mean you are little Joey Jones?!
Young Man: Yes, but I've grown up quite a bit. Mrs. Olson, you
look surprised to see me.
Mrs. Olson: I don't mean to offend you, but I wasn't sure that I
would see you here in heaven. I did pray for you but I wasn't sure that my
teaching ever reached you.
Young Man: I know that I was the terror of 4th grade. But your love
reached me. You never lost your
patience with me. You made sure to include me in all the projects and
class discussions. Even though I
looked like I wasn't listening, Christ's words got through. Later in my
life I got in trouble. I ended
up in prison. I had a lot of time to think and I heard you telling the
fourth grade class how much
Jesus loved us. I remembered you saying that Jesus loved us so much that
he died for us to provide us a
way to heaven. I found the prison minister and gave my life to Jesus.
When I was released from prison, I started working with kids that were
like me.
Mrs. Olson: You mean just by my teaching Sunday School, You are in
heaven?
Young Man: Yes! It made that much of a difference in my life.
(Stage goes dark. Play the
Ray Boltz song, "Thank You"-
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