Theme: Why do believers suffer?

Summary: Reggie has just received the news that he is dying and he and his wife, Sylvia, struggle with why this should happen to them and where God's comfort is.

Playing Time: 5 minutes

Setting: The home of Reggie and Sylvia

Props: Phone

Costumes: Contemporary, casual

Time: The present

Cast:
Reggie
Sylvia

REGGIE: (ENTERS ALONG WITH SYLVIA. REGGIE ON THE PHONE) Well, that does it, I guess.

SYLVIA: The doctor?

REGGIE: Yeah.

SYLVIA: Does he want more tests?

REGGIE: No more tests.

SYLVIA: What then?

REGGIE: He says more tests won't help.

SYLVIA: Oh, no. (SHE RUNS TO HIM AND THEY EMBRACE)

REGGIE: It's what I expected.

SYLVIA: But not what we hoped for.

REGGIE: No, not what we hoped for.

SYLVIA: Where's God when you really need Him?

REGGIE: I d…