A day in Shoes (The Story)
A
young girl Aby, tired of life and how unfair life has been treating her one day
prays that God changes her life with another person she has identified herself since
that person’s life looked better, if even for just a day and by God’s own
wisdom he answers her prayers. Well when her life was switched she enjoyed it
at the beginning of the day but she realized that the girl, Cidi was allergic
to certain kinds of foods which caused certain reactions and even convulsion,
she also realized that Cidi had asthma and Cidi’s parents never gave her the
attention she required as a young lady growing up.
What started out as happiness was now
unexciting and terrible in every aspect, she didn't know what she could eat and
not eat. Where she could not go, or go
to to avoid certain scents, life was unbearable now. She really had not asked
for this, even before the day ended she could not bare it anymore, she had
asked for a better life but now she regretted, In regret, tears, pain and
sorrow she went back unto God and asked Him for help and deliverance, God in a
vision asked her to surrender her life to him and told her the reason why she
had gone through what she had gone through, her struggles was to strengthen her and make her a pillar
for mankind to see how God transforms the a life beaten up into a heart of
love that will make her life be a lesson
to others. She had been called to be a beacon of hope if only she would draw
close to Him God and make Him walk the path she would realize that she was called
of God and would love her life regardless of where she found herself.
So in
tears and submission to God she runs back to her house where Cidi, the other
lady is also getting to understand the switch, having experienced Aby’s life of
torture and maltreatment she was somehow grateful she could eat certain kinds
of foods she couldn't breathe any air she wanted and even though she had to
sell on the street she was okay, on explaining to each other and telling their stories
and Aby tells of how God had asked her to submit totally to His will and how He
had a plan for His life regardless and the only ways she could be content in
this life was having Him. And she had done it she asked Cidi to accept Jesus as
her savior on doing that they switched back, Aby then prayed for Cidi who got
healed immediately upon, Cidi promises to sponsor her education and help her
get out of her suffering. The story ends with Aby asking people to accept the
life they have and make God refine them as He wishes to know that His plans are
not to harm us and He will bring every great thing into fruition.
A Day In Shoes The Play
Scene
One
It’s
a cold wet morning, sitting infront of her house is Aby, the main character of
the story
She
sits talking to herself and praying as well, in a mood of sorrow, sorrowful
music in the background.
Aby:- I wonder why my life has been so
cruel to me, why has my life has been so difficult right from my infancy, my
mother died at child birth and they said I was the one who caused it, how could
I? I had just come into the world without a mother and you think I caused it? I
didn’t even know my father, God my aunty who took me never liked me right from
the day she took me from my grandfather in the village, I was a burden to her,
how could she like me. I knew it would be terrible, God why was I not like the other
people, why was my life so different why was my life like those people who
enjoy their lives, who dress nicely and have plenty of wealth. Oh today too I have to go out there again and sell ice
water, otherwise I will not eat today, I have to sell and get money for my
auntie, after that I have to get home and do all these chores ah God why, since
I was asked to come home for my text books fees and my aunty threw the sheet
away saying it was too much, I haven’t made it to the classroom, I can’t bare
the shame I go through when the teachers call me out, I can’t step in school
again, God what is my future like? do you actually care about me, God you
really never liked me from day one. Did you really write this story as it is
written in your word? I wished I had not been born, through no fault of mine I
have had to endure nights of hunger and pain. Why does my aunty treat me so? Why
does she treat me differently? did I do something wrong? God I hate my life, I
wish you would change my destiny. God that lady i see every day that girl over
at that store why can’t I be like her God I wish you would give me that girl’s
destiny God, she is educated and she is so rich and looks good all the time,
God please I don’t like my life please give me hers. I hate my life.
We can infuse a song about how God has
abandoned His children and should hearken to our prayer.
As
she wipes off the tears from her eyes she hears her aunty calling her
Aunty:-Aby Aby are you sitting there
Aby:- answers Aunty pls am leaving
She then hurriedly runs off the stage
Scene
Two
This
scene introduces the other character Cidi. Cidi is all dressed up and at home
preparing to go out to her mother’s shop.
Cidi:-Talking
on the phone
For this vacation, I might travel to
South Africa to stay with my Uncle for a while but after that i will come back
for a while Joan pls let me call you later so we talk have to go off. Have to
go to my mother’s shop talk to you later kisses
(To
the Maid)Akua Have you
set everything ready, okay please tell the driver to be ready will be ready
soon. Is Mother there?
Maid:-Yes Madam your food is ready, Please Madam
says that she is leaving for Dubai this morning, she said she has deposited some money in your account.
Cidi:-
ok I will call her. She
hurriedly eats and leaves
Scene
Three
With
another person by the road calling out to people to buy their goods. Aby stands
in admiration as Cidi passes by.
In a mood of thought
Aby:- Oh God look how gracefully she
goes, the hair is so beautiful, her bag, wow everything of hers is so
complete......
As in thought she gets completely caught
off guard as someone calls her for water
Angel:-Pure water Pure Water, why won’t
you sell the water today?
Aby:-Sorry Sorry please how many are you
buying
Angel: - give me one pure water, I hope
you have change, I have two cedis
Aby: - Yes please I do
Angel: - do you like praying
Aby: - Yes I sometimes do but I wonder
if God listens to me if He did I wonder why I am still here. Anyways here is
your change please
Angel; - Aby the prayer you prayed this
morning God will answer it for you okay.
Aby
laughs and someone else calls her she leaves the stage as if going off to serve
another person who has called her.
Scene
Four
In
the night their spirits were switched. In
the bed of Cidi she realises she has woken up in another house in another bed.
Aby: - eh what is happening, what am I
wearing ah why am I still in bed by this time eh where is my Aunty, ah whose
house am I in, what is happening to me? Ah I don’t understand,
(in
trying to figure out what is going on she hears a voice, the voice of the man
who tells her that God has answered her prayers what she
asked for has been granted to her.....)
Excited
at first she begins to thank God and praise him for answered prayers she
screams in praise and a maid comes in and asks what is wrong)
We could add a song that praises and
adores God.
Maid:-little Madam what is wrong, why
are you so happy, why what is happening to you?
Aby;- who are you?
Maid:- oh little madam paaa n’adzeen why
are you asking this question, pls senior madam said she is travelling and she
will come back next week, Master too called but you were sleeping he said he
will be coming home next week from US so you should let the driver come for him.
Madam please your breakfast is ready, your water is also running and i have
ironed all your clothes as well for going out...pls is there anything else you
would want me to do?
unable
to hold her excitement she becomes so happy she starts screaming and shouting
Aby:-Oh its okay i will call you when I
need something, (excited she begins to
thank God for answered prayers,) so God you can answer prayers like this
and You have been joking with my like that, oh let me go and have my breakfast.
Breakfast!
Aby:-eeeeeeeeeeh Oh God thank you for
this food Amen and Amen!
Ah naaadzeeen, Oh but this food is
tasteless what is this no pepper not salt n why adzeen? This food is for sick
people why?
She goes in to take the salt and pepper
and adds it to the food, then on eating it in a few minutes she gets an attack,
which is due to the food she ate. Suddenly the maid rushes in and questions why
she added the pepper and the salt to the food
She wakes up after the attack.
The maid calls in someone to help her
carry her to the hospital
The next scene is back from the
hospital...
Scene
Five
And
the maid tells her she is not allowed to eat pepper and salt due to her
allergies, she leaves her for a bit
Maid:-Madam why do you want to kill
yourself, why you could have gone into an attack why did you eat the salt and
pepper... why did you do that? you know you are not permitted to eat pepper or
salt you know that it can almost cause your death why did you go for the salt
and pepper.....
Aby:- Oh Awurade asem b3n ni, na me
kooy3 annas3 me baa y3, aduane aaa madi so no salt no pepper na no taste in the
food. Asika fo bi ye ade3, people do well, how can i eat like that. And after
all this what happened to me eh asem b3n ni. Esoro so wo me so seisei aaaa
awurade wei de3 manu meho, aduane mpo mentumi nni bi. Hmmm did i really ask for
the ryt thing.
Maid: Madam pls i have brought your
drugs,,,,
Aby;- You mean i have to swallow all
these pills eh Awurade mepaawodwo......
Maid:-eh Madam why are you behaving this
way, you need to take them otherwise what you have eaten can affect you
seriously.....
Aby;-Aw Awuarde maber3 yiye, asem b3n
ni.....eh! na sister yi so na ober3.....
Maid:- Madam pls lets go so you lie down
a bit wai.....
After a while she wakes up and goes
around the house in a solemn mood
Aby;- well lets forget about what
happened and i know there are better days,
Moving around the house, she picks up some
perfume
Aby:-Sika fo spray
And she sprays its all over her and
suddenly she starts gasping for breathe of air...
Aby;-Eh what is happening......
Suddenly
she gets an asthmatic attack
And the maid brings her inhaler to her
in pain and suffering to breathe she
start crying and asking God to save her and release her from this life....she
asks the maid to take her to her room and in her room
She prays seriously to God telling God
she is sorry that she ever wished for someone’s life she cries desperately (A
song can be fixed here, about regret after certain decisions are taken)
Prayer
and or Song
Aby:- God I asked for this but God am
suffering too much I know I prayed for this but am tired how can I enjoy such a
life, God please have mercy on me it’s been terrible so far God she suffers
from allergies doesn’t eat certain fruits doesn’t use certain perfumes. God
please I am sorry I tried to act wise God am so sorry that this happened to me,
God please I have to know that you are the King of all kings and you certainly
have the power to rule over all.
An angel appears and speaks to her
telling her why God has made her go through all she has been through and why
she must appreciate her life.(We might not need to necessarily put a human
there but just do a voice over)
The life you have is what you are
living, God never found you inadequate for the task he has brought you on earth
for. Whatever you are going through its to prepare you for the future to
continually be a blessing. Don’t choose the shortcuts stick to God let him
refine you and at the end you will realise that He indeed had His way in your
life. Be grateful for who you are ask God your purpose on this earth and let
Him fulfil it in you. Be content strive for growth according to your destiny,
draw close to God he has all the plans. His plans are to prosper you not harm
you. Whatever struggles you have been in this life it is meant to refine you
and make you a better person. Aby you will be a better woman because of your
struggles, you will know how to deal with wicked people you would be able to
help people know how to forgive other people. You will be a strength to others.
Your struggles are meant to strengthen you not break you down. I am God and I
know the best for you. Don’t try to live someone else’s life that’s not my plan
for you. Walk in your own shoes. You will be an example of how God picks the
foolish and makes them wise, how He transforms the unforgiving heart into a
heart of love.
Now you have to go back and meet Cidi
tell her that the only person who can heal her and satisfy her is Me. I am the
healer and its only me that salvation can some. Tell her to give her life to me
and I will transform her.
Aby:- God thank you for answered prayers
I pledge to worship you all my life and use my story as strength for others.
She leaves the stage.
Scene
Six
(Now
capturing what Cidi has been going through, not going through everything we
summarise by her talking about what has happened to her.)
Cidi;- What is happening to me I wake up
in someone’s body and house and constantly someone is yelling at me and asking
me to do choirs God what is happening, its unexplainable. Maltreatment and
since i woke up its one choir after the other in fact I am confused.
While
talking to herself Aby appears there....shocked Cidi and still wondering what
is going on, She expresses her shock.
Aby then explains to her all that
happened and God’s promise of healing and deliverance to Cidi.
Aby;-
I know that I have made you endure a lot in the hands of my aunty but
what has happened to you today is a result of my own selfishness and my
thinking that I can control my life....I have lived a bit of your life a life I
always thought was better than mine and I haven’t enjoyed one bit of it...In my
sorrow and pain i cried unto God again and He heard my cry....He spoke to me
through his word He said He knows the plans he has for me plans to prosper me
and not to harm me...He said that in His Son Jesus Christ is all I need in this
life.
Cidi then embraces her and decides she
will accept Jesus Christ
Aby and Cidi kneel down in prayer.
As they pray their lifes are switched
back.
On bended knees A song or prayer
And they commit their lives to God and
His word that says He is the master planner and we need to have faith and trust
in Him.
And switch their lives back as they were
when they switch. Aby then stretches her hand on Cidi and prays for healing for
her she is healed of all her infirmities.
Cidi then tells Aby she will help her to
complete her schooling and sponsor her education she will let her live with
her.
Aby then turns to the crowd and urged
them to keep faith in God and know that they cant live anyone’s life but their
own and with God on their side they will make it regardless of the situation.
Gods plans will work out for our own good.
The End
