In a fascinating report by Dr. H.E. Gruber, he
told of the study he did of draft resisters in the United
States during the controversial Vietnam
He was wrong on all counts, as the following story
demonstrates. Dr. Gruber said,
"The case I'm about to give you is
typical." One young man, who happened to be a politically conservative,
emotionally stable, non-reactionary, non-rebellious type, was waiting for a
bus. He went into a nearby drugstore and began browsing through the paperback
books. He happened to pick up one book in particular and read a couple of
pages. A couple of lines grabbed him and caused him to think differently. When
he put the book back on the shelf and walked out of the drugstore, he had made
a turnaround, even though he didn't know it yet. But emotionally and
ideologically, instead of going one way, he went another, and as a direct
result eventually became a draft resister.
The outcome, the difference in the
destination, was tremendous.
In that moment, a thought entered his mind at a
very deep level, pushed one of his buttons, and he was permanently changed.
Prayer:
Lord, you lead. I'll follow.
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