When Whang Pam Oh was small, he got sick with smallpox and lost his sight. As was common in Korea for blind children in those days, Whang was trained as a witch doctor. But then he heard the gospel preached and accepted the Lord Jesus as his personal Savior. He destroyed the things he had used as a witch doctor, and he began to long to be able to read the Bible. Not knowing about Braille (a way for blind people to read, using their fingers), he was familiar with a device like an abacus (a counting machine). Whang got tin cans and cut thousands of small squares out of them. He put patterns of dents representing the letters of the Korean alphabet in each piece. Then, while a friend read the Bible slowly to him, he threaded the squares on strings to make verses. Once he had made a few chapters, he began to memorize them.
One day Whang heard that 300 miles from where he lived, there was a school that taught Braille. He decided to go. Given money to go by train, he gave the money to his wife instead, and he began to grope his way to the school. Again he was given money for train fare, and again he sent the money home. Finally, more Christians bought him a ticket and made sure he got on the train.
It took Whang only a month to learn Braille, and then he was ready to go home. Again, he was given money for his train fare but this time he did walk the whole way home! As he walked, he preached the wonderful gospel message and led his brother to the Lord.
Do you love to read and think about the wonderful things God has told us in His precious Book, the Bible? Samuel was very young when he heard the Lord speak and obeyed what He said. “I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than my necessary food” (Job 23:1212Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. (Job 23:12)).
Messages of God’s Love 6/15/2025