Independence Day Mouse
Proverbs 11:25-26, Luke 12:48, 2 Corinthians 9:8-11
This is a continuation of the Church Mouse monologues. The mouse may be in costume or sport ears to note its rodent status. No props are needed. Some luggage adds to this monologue.
Mouse barges in with much luggage—pull behinds and carry-ons.
Hey Guys! I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
Did you think that church cat got me? No chance.
I couldn’t get in because you guys changed the locks on all the doors. [Long pause.] Just kidding. Locked doors never stopped me before and sure are not stopping me now.
Here’s the deal. I went out to the airstrip, caught me a ride on an airplane, then got on another plane, and then—well you get the picture—I was all over the place.
I saw me some sights, ate me some foreign food, and got a whole new perspective on a lot of things.
Do you know that I ate better as a church mouse than some people eat in parts of the world? That’s just Crazy.
Do you know that I live better here in America than most people in Bangladesh, Ghana, and even a lot of those countries that end in Stan?
Do you know that in some places, people can’t just walk into a church without fear of being detained or jailed or sometimes killed? That’s just hard to comprehend.
Do you know that not everybody in the world has 3 or 4 Bibles each? Did you know that the people who have a Bible also have a hunger to read it? I’m not picking on your guys, but I have seen a lot of dust on a lot of Bibles in this town.
Did you know that some people in the world don’t like you because you are Americans and others would give all they have to be an American? One thing that I can say is that so many people in the world are interested on what’s happening in America.
I even stopped in a couple of war zones. You know what the craziest thing was there? Soldiers and Marines sharing their rations with kids. That’s just what they do. Hey, I learned something new there. I learned why they call the Meal Ready to Eat—yes, the MRE—3 lies in 1. It’s not a meal. It’s not ready for anything. And it’s not really edible by human standards.
But it’s not that bad. The MRE peanut butter and cheese both trade well among the Marines. I liked them both.
Wow! What a trip. I didn’t bring back any souvenirs, but I brought something even better. I brought wisdom. Here it is.
We are blessed to live in this nation.
We are blessed to know liberty like no other place on earth.
We are blessed to live in this part of the greatest nation on earth, a place where we can still proclaim that Jesus is Lord!
We are so blessed that we can be a blessing to others.
I think that for all of my travels and everything that I have seen, that one thing really hits home. God has blessed me so much to be your church mouse, and I want to bless others.
[Starts to walk off the stage…]
I do have one complaint. It’s not really that big, well, it is to me. Do you know that when you stowaway on an airplane, you don’t earn miles for that?
When you are a mouse, it doesn’t really matter what’s in your wallet.
It is almost time for you guys to celebrate that 4th of July thing again. This year, remember that you are blessed to be a blessing! You—we—have so much and so much is expected from us.
- Exit
