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darkness “Vas bisht du am du?” (What are you doing?)
Jonas was caught red-handed! What could he say?
“
Where did you get that radio?” Rufus wanted to know.
“
Someone gave it to me and told me I needed to listen to Billy Graham’s preaching,” Jonas explained.
“
You know the church rules tell us these things are evil! You know better that to have one of these things
on my property!”
“
But Dad, how can something like this be evil? It can’t turn itself on or off. Someone had to tune it to a
certain station. Doesn’t everything have a good and evil to it? Can’t our horse and buggy take us to an evil place as
well as to a good one?” Jonas tried to reason with his dad.
Rufus remained stern! “Gep sell ding zu mich!” (Give that thing to me.)
“
No, I will not give it to you,” the older teen defied his dad. “You can come and take it, but I will not give it
because I was being fed spiritually as I listened to the words that came over the air waves. I am not willing to give
this up!”
Rufus, enraged by the perceived defiance of his son, snatched the transistor from Jonas. “I told you that you
know the rules and as long as you’re under my roof you will obey them.”
Jonas knew that to argue any further would only make matters worse. Unshed tears mixed with anger as the
youth plotted his next steps of release from the bondage he experienced. The unreasonable intolerance of his father
was driving him farther away rather than enhancing their relationship.
Jonas’ heart was crushed and angered and yet he’d heard the voice only minutes ear-
lier calling, “Come to this fountain, so rich and sweet, Cast thy poor soul at the Savior’s
feet.”
Tears pled to be shed, but anger refused them. “I will find a way to get out of here,”
Jonas vowed silently.
Because of the shaky foundation that this vow was built upon, Jonas was setting
himself up for a rough road ahead. However, at the same time, he was being drawn by an
intense hunger for a relationship with God! He knew this hunger would be his guiding light.
