Christmas Musicals for Church
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27 BABYLONIAN 5: (jumping up on a block) These new advisors from Judah are great! BABYLONIANS: (cheering even louder) Yeah! (SHADRACH, MESHACH, and ABEDNEGO start to enter.) BABYLONIAN 6: (jumping up on a block) And look—and here they come. (starting a cheer, in rhythm) Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego! BABYLONIANS: (joining in the chant) Shadrach, Meschach, Abednego! Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego! (The BABYLONIANS gather around SHADRACH, MESHACH, and ABEDNEGO, chanting louder and louder.) ASHPENAZ: Hold it! (shouting over the crowd) Hold it!! (The crowd's chanting trails off.) O.K. folks—let's give these guys a little space. They need a minute for a scene of their own. All right? (The BABYLONIANS ad lib agreement as they move upstage and settle into a freeze with their backs to the audience. ASHPENAZ turns to SHADRACH, MESHACH, and ABEDNEGO.) It's all yours—take it away. (He exits.) SHADRACH: Do you find all that…hooplah…as tiring as I do? MESHACH: You mean the crowds and the fame? SHADRACH: I mean putting on a happy face and acting Babylonian day after day. MESHACH: Yes it's exhausting. And sometimes I feel guilty. ABEDNEGO: Why? MESHACH: There's things I have to do for the King sometimes—that don't feel right. SHADRACH: I know. I feel the same way. MESHACH: It's like I'm forgetting the way I was raised. Like I'm letting Judah down somehow. SHADRACH: Sometimes I feel like I'm letting God down. ABEDNEGO: (comforting the other two) You're right, it can be really difficult. But remember the words of the prophet: "Those who honor God, God will honor." We just need to do our jobs and stay faithful to Yahweh. SHADRACH: What if we get asked to do something God really hates? What do we do then? ABEDNEGO: Just pray that day never comes. But if it does, we've got each other to lean on, right? (The three exchange a look of encouragement and agreement.) SHADRACH: Right! MESHACH: Amen! For Preview Only