Living

In the great hand of God

the snail

crawls as a snail should

the spider wolf

blooms as the spider walf should

the green tree frog

croaks as the green tree frog should

And in the great hand of God

I

live as I should.

O Sorrow!
Thank you so much,
O Sorrow!
Had you not come to me,
had you not been so strong,
I wonder how I would be today.
O sorrow!
You took me to the side of Jesus my Lord,
where there are joys not of this world,
where there is peace not to be taken away,
O Sorrow!

Genzo Mizuno "The Blinking Poet"

Genzo Mizuno was born in Sakaki Town right near Nagano City in 1937. and went to heaven (died) in 1984 at the age of 47.

When he was 9, a high fever from dysentery left him paralyzed and unable to speak. At the age of 12 he first came into contact with the Bible. When he was 13 he became a Chrisitian and was baptized. With his mother's help he learned to choose fifty sounds by blinking, and through this method wrote many poems.

Genzo Mizuno's faith, his poems full of humble thanks and joy. his troubles and struggles and life of victory in a paralyzed body are today continuing to spread ripples of influence as people's hearts respond in Japan and internationally, too. In the non-Christian country of Japan it seems that the good news of Jesus Christ is putting down roots, making flowers bloom, and becoming a remarkable sign to people.