CHARACTER NEEDED – BIBLE SKETCHES
Character Needed,
by Robert Allen, published by Regular Baptist Press, includes 33 skits
illustrating the truths of each of the verses in Proverbs 15. These Character
Needed – Bible Sketches are designed to accompany those contemporary plays,
illustrating the same character traits by use of a Bible story.
CHARACTER NEEDED
THE LOST SHEEP
Proverbs 15:31
Luke 15:3-7
Character Trait: Wisdom
Cast of Characters
Shepherd
Narrator
Fluffy
SHEPHERD: Ninety. Ninety-one.
Ninety-two. Ninety-three.
NARRATOR: Late one evening in the wilderness
country of Israel, a shepherd counted his flock of sheep as they made their way
into the temporary fold he had constructed.
He had led them through some rough hills that day in order to find a
place for them to graze. They had
followed him up the steep trails and down into the rocky wadis. He had led them beside still waters so they
could drink and built them a shelter where they would be safe all night. He knew all of the sheep. And they knew him. All of them followed him, except for the
newest lambs. There were a couple of
them who liked to run off on their own.
But now they would be safe for the night in the fold.
SHEPHERD: Ninety-four. Ninety-five.
Ninety-six.
NARRATOR: The shepherd glanced up from his
counting when he heard the howl of a wolf in the distance. Once the sheep were inside the fold he would
wrap himself in a warm robe and stretch out across the door. Then the only was anything could get to the
sheep was to go by him first. The sheep
trusted him and soon they would be asleep, no matter how many wolves howled.
SHEPHERD: Ninety-seven. Ninety-eight.
Ninety-nine.
NARRATOR: Ninety-nine? There were supposed to be one hundred. He must have counted wrong, but he had been
so careful. Which one could be missing? And then he knew. One of the lambs had not come in. He must have wandered off to far during his
play and become lost. And now it was
getting dark. He would have to leave the
ninety-nine sheep there in the sheep fold and go look for the lost lamb. He couldn’t leave him along out in the
wilderness all night.
FLUFFY: Oh, if only I had stayed
close to the shepherd. I was sure I
could have fun and still get back with the others in time. And now it’s getting so dark.
NARRATOR: Out on the hillside, one
scared-to-death little lamb was trying to find his way back home. He was not sure he was running in the right
direction, but it sounded like the howls had come from behind him. Then he saw something, a dark shadow up
ahead, and tried too quickly to change direction. Over the edge of the cliff he fell and down
into the heavy brush below. It felt as
if every bone in his body was broken.
FLUFFY: Oh, if only I had
obeyed. I’m so scared. And it’s my own fault. I wish I were safe in the fold with all the
others.
NARRATOR: The night grew even colder, and the
lamb began to shiver. The lightning
cracked and the howling moved closer and closer. And then, he heard another sound, way off in
the distance.
SHEPHERD: Fluffy? Fluffy?
NARRATOR: He tried to answer, to bleat out his
response, but nothing came. His legs
still wouldn’t work. Still the voice
came closer.
SHEPHERD: Fluffy? Fluffy?
NARRATOR: He was almost above him on the
trail. He was going to walk right
by. With all the strength he could
muster, the little lamb bleated out a cry for help. The next thing he knew the shepherd
stopped. He reached the long shepherd’s
rod with its crook on one end down over the cliff and hooked it around the
little lamb. Then he pulled it up to the
path. He took off his own warm robe and
wrapped the lamb inside.
SHEPHERD: We’ll take care of that leg as
soon as we get back to the fold.
NARRATOR: Best of all, the shepherd took the
little lamb up in his arms, and carried him all the way back to the fold. The path was still rocky and steep. The rain still fell. The thunder still rumbled and the wolves
still howled. But now the little lamb
was not afraid. He was safe in the arms
of the shepherd.
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