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"I want to see my daughter! If I can't force you to bring her
home, I'll do it myself! Where is she?"
"Go home, Mrs. Mizukiyo. There is nothing for you here." Why was she fighting
this change? Here was a chance to be rid of her curse.
"You want her? Then take her!" she shouted, quickly returning to the house.
John shook his head sadly.
"God, cause her wickedness to correct her, and her backslidings to reprove her,
so that she may know and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that she has forsaken
the LORD." (Jeremiah 2:19) As he turned to resume his walk, John saw Mrs. Mizukiyo
leave her childhood home, carrying her luggage. He watched her tall frame disappear
into the night. She didn't look back.
"For my Little Dove's sake, I'm glad to see her go," he gratefully thanked
God. Soon after, Izumi saw John come up the walk, her bags in his hands. She ran
down the steps and threw herself into John's outstretched arms.
"She knows," he whispered. Any sadness Izumi felt over her mother, was
eclipsed by the fact that John had returned, unshaken. As John carried his bride
over the threshold, the crickets began to chirp merrily, as if listening to Izumi's
heart.
"A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth:
and a word
spoken in due season, how good is it!"
~ Proverbs 15:23 ~
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