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Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
and the ears of the deaf unstopped
(Isaiah 35:5)

And he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them…”
(Mark 9:25)

The video below has gone viral with almost 8 million views to date. It captures an extraordinary moment in the life of Sarah (Sloan) Churman. Deaf for her entire life, Churman hears her own voice for the first time in 29 years after receiving a hearing implant. You can read about it at The Washington Post. It as a tear-jerking video!

Upon watching, I could not help but think about the following:

Rejoice With Those Who Rejoice

Romans 12:15 tells us to “Rejoice with those who rejoice.” And as you can see (and hear, of course!) this is a moment for rejoicing. It is simply amazing what God has given us through technology and the medical field through His common grace to all us sinners. Let us not overlook the fact that this is an amazing gift of God!

Sarah, thank you for sharing this praiseworthy moment with us all. We rejoice with you!

The Deaf Hear

It’s important to remember that while sickness, death, evil, and suffering are very real parts of this fallen world, God has provided a Messiah through Whom all things will be made right and reconciled (Colossians 1:16). In the New Earth, there will be no deafness, no blindness, no sin, no death, and no suffering. Yes, the earth still groans (Romans 8:22), but the story is not over. Not yet. O Lord, haste the day!

What No Ear Has Heard

“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him”—
these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
(1 Corinthians 2:9-10)

The joys of our inheritance in the gospel of Jesus Christ have been revealed to us through the very Spirit of God. As wonderful as it is for this young woman to hear her own voice with her own ears, let us remember how much more mind-blowing it is to have our ears opened to hear the very voice of God. This is far more amazing! And it should bring us to tears of joy and overwhelming praise, shouldn’t it?

Let us praise the One who has revealed to us what no ear has heard!

Sarah, a Christian, blogs at sloanchurman.blogspot.com

Comments

  1. This is precious. She is precious! I love that all she can basically do is cry in response to the gift of hearing. How I take such things for granted. Thank you Sarah for reminding me that it is a gift to hear. It is a gift to live and a privilege to share what we have with the world! God bless you!

  3. This was truly a joy to watch. I could not walk at 27 yrs. old but know those who have never walked. Jesus is the best gift I got from my accident and for those who know of his promises. I know I will walk again and leap for joy!

    • Watching this brought me my own tears of joy!
      God, you are so awesome and the healer of body and soul!

  4. It’s so great to see Sarah so happy and so emotional at the moment of being able to hear for the first time. Indeed, God had blessed her with the opportunity and ability to hear again through technology. I’ve no doubt He is able to use all this for His glory and for His purpose.

    Having said that, I think it’s also worth mentioning there are a good number of deaf folks out there that do not feel that being deaf is necessarily in the family of “sickness, death, evil, & suffering.” I myself count it a tremendous blessing in many ways to be deaf, as I realized at one point in my life, “Wow, out of billions of people in the whole world who can hear, God chose me – along with a few others – to not be able to hear.” (Exodus 4:11)

    And with that, God blessed me with the ability to communicate through sign language and to be part of the Deaf community…which apparently is not new as Luke 1:22 and 1:62 would suggest, that even Zacharias and those who knew him used it (if he was just not able to talk, but could still hear, why did “they made signs” to him?).

    All of us as brothers and sisters in the Lord will be able to bring Him glory, whether He physically restores our limitations or not. If He does, praise Him! (Amen Sarah?) If he doesn’t, still praise Him! Why? Because we are fearfully and wonderfully made! Marvelous are Your works Lord!(Psalm 139:14) And that, I know very well! =)

    (P.S. Thanks for all that you do at Blue Letter Bible!)

  6. It is truly amazing how far medicine has come in the centuries. And I support medical research and science. The Cochlear implant has done marvelous things.

    However

    Our God, is a healer. The great physician. We must also believe in his power.

    “And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
    They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” Mark 16

    A suggestion to the curious or the skeptical.
    Search “My Miracle by Lee Stoneking”

  7. Medical Technician: Do you want to hear your husband say something?

    Husband: Heh, heh, heh!

    Well said, husband. Well said.

    Seriously, this is a great video. It had me laughing with joy for her. Way to capture a wonderful moment and use it to magnify the gospel!

  9. Bill, it appears as if you have something else going on…if it’s the movie, it is not going to happen, there is a wise old saying, if you have nothing good to say, close your mouth,in today’s world of blogs, emails,ipads, text messaging etc….if you have nothing good to WRITE, do NOT.