Would I notice the subtle differences in people's voices, or the tones used in their speech?
Or be able to hear the door bell ring or the microwave beep, or the wall clock tick?
Or distinguish instantly who is calling me by listening to voice, not merely glancing at caller I.D.?
Would all the sounds I am no longer able to hear suddenly become recognizable?
The sound of my two-year-old son giggling in his room when I am downstairs.
The guitar music my husband strums behind closed bedroom doors while I'm standing in the laundry room with a dryer rumbling.
Would I hear the soft voice that doesn't come from anywhere but the heart?
God's whispering throughout the day of promises...
That He would never leave me, that He has a plan for me beyond what I can hear.
Would I listen to God, or pay attention to all the other noises coming through my ears?
Let the shouts from family, television, and radio take priority over holy whispers?
Maybe, just maybe God allowed my progressive hearing loss so I could hear those whispers better.
"The Lord says, 'I will lead (them) by a road they do not know, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground ... I will not forsake them." (Isaiah 42:16)
I don't hear well, but I know this...
Life is better BECAUSE I don't hear well.
2 comments:
I accept my deafness and who I am.
This didn't happen until I was older and understood more about myself, but I am fine with it. It is part of who I am...and I am very happy.
Kym - I always appreciate your comments, and I am grateful for your words because I know they come from wise experience. Hearing loss, for me, is a process of acceptance. Because I've continued to lose more hearing over the past 10 years, I continually must readjust emotionally and psychologically to this new way of hearing. Spiritually, hearing loss has been a blessing.
Blessings to you.
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