Pages 419-427 were about the Apples Ahn craved when she was in prison, and that story made such a strong impression on me when I read it in English, it made me think I might want to read the book in Japanese too.
A little about what happened. Ahn had been a prisoner for several years already, and her teeth and health were very poor by this time. For some reason, she had a strong urge for apples. The apples the guards brought were rotten, but for Ahn, whose teeth were too weak to bite into good apples, God had brought apples to drink. Ahn downed about 50 apples, strengthened in body and mind that her Heavenly Father was caring for her tailor-made yearnings.
No; I'm nowhere near 400 pages; I've read only 264. But I couldn't wait to share another story about myself, kinda related to this chapter. Kinda.
See, there had been another testimony I'd heard online about Darlene Diebler Rose, another persecuted Christian, who had a longing for a banana, and God sent her 92!
"Have you forgotten about the peaches?" I seemed to hear.
That wasn't in prison. Yes, I had completely forgotten. Over a decade ago, up in Koriyama, I had a longing for peaches one day. I don't know why peaches, because that is not my favorite fruit or have any special meaning.
The doorbell rang. There was my mother-in-law with a gift of a bowl of cut, peeled, peaches!
Sometimes God blesses us, not because we need it, but just because He wants to. Doesn't it make you want to cry?
