Ramona: But, Ma, he’s a good guy!
Roberta: What’s his name and is he saved?
Ramona: Ma, he’s really smart and he really likes me. He . . .
Roberta: WHAT’S HIS NAME AND IS HE SAVED?
Ramona: His name is Zach, but, Ma, he . . .
Roberta: Has he accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior?
Ramona: Ma, I don’t know. All I know is that he’s really smart and he likes me and . . . (she
says under her breath) he wants to take me to the homecoming dance.
Roberta: What did you just say? I didn’t catch that last part.
Just as Ramona was about to repeat herself, William walks through the door.
William: How are my favorite girls? (William kisses them both as he heads to the refrigerator
and grabs a soda.)
Roberta: Well, your daughter was just about to tell us.
Ramona: Ma!
Roberta: Tell your dad about . . . what’s that little boy’s name?
Ramona: Zach! Ughhh! Okay, Daddy, he’s really nice and he asked me to go to the homecoming
dance with him.
William: Oh? A dance…is that right?
Roberta: “Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that
call on the Lord out of a pure heart.” Now that’s in the book! Amos 3:3 says, “Can two walk
together, except they agree?” You still haven’t told me if that boy is saved!
William: Ramona, the Word of God says in 1 Thessalonians, “For this is the will of God, even
your sanctification that ye should abstain from fornication; that every one of you should know
how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor.”
Roberta: And honey, let’s not forget what Song of Solomon says about virginity. “I charge you,
O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, un