He Knows My Name
This blog post is going to be a little more personal than my other ones, but it's been one that I've wanted to write for awhile.
One question I get asked about often is what it's like to be hearing impaired and how long I've had hearing aids.
I've had hearing aids since I was in fourth grade. I found out I was hearing impaired when I was in second grade.
I wasn't born hearing impaired, I had several bad ear infections when I was little and that just made my hearing worse.
When I was little I hated having hearing aids. That was just one more thing that set me apart from everybody else and I didn't like being different. When you're younger, being different might as well be the end of the world for you.
I didn't get used to having hearing aids until I was much older.
Being hearing impaired is sort of like being disconnected to those around you. You can hear what's going on, but you don't always know what's being said and sometimes that's just like white noise. That's one of the reasons why I love reading so much. I feel like books is the only thing in the world where I can understand 100% of the time, and that's why it feels like a perfect escape to me.
I know I also probably haven't always been confident of myself because of the fact that I'm hearing impaired. But somewhere along the road I stopped letting it bother me and just dealt with the fact that I was going to be dealing with this the rest of my life.
It wasn't going to help if I was hard on myself, because life is hard enough as it is.
And it wasn't going to help to try to be perfect either, because nobody is perfect. If you have 20/20 eye vision, or perfect hearing or have no disabilities, you still aren't perfect.
God made us all in our own way, and He probably hates it when we beat ourselves for being less than perfect or different from everybody else.
It's OK to be different from everybody else. If we were all the same, the world would be a boring place.
We also are our own worst critics, and I know God probably hates it when we are so down on ourselves like that.
I found a quote the other day, but I can't remember it word by word so this one is based off of it. "Quit being so hard on yourself. It's time for you to see how worthy you are the way God sees you and thinks you are."
He knows who you are. He knows the plans He's made for you in your life. He doesn't care that you're not perfect, He made us to be imperfect.
It's awesome that we're all still part of His plan.
And this is why I've grown to be all right with being hearing impaired. That doesn't matter because He already adores me for who I am. I heard the song He Knows My Name by Francesca Battistelli today and that inspired this post too.
He knows my name. He knows how worthy we are, and I want to see how worthy I am through His eyes. He thinks I'm worthy enough to be chosen, free forgiven, wanted, child of the King. His forever, held in treasure.
I'm loved despite all of my flaws. I'm loved despite being imperfect. He knows my name and this is why I'm more confident now.
(This picture was found on Pinterest.)
I didn't get used to having hearing aids until I was much older.
Being hearing impaired is sort of like being disconnected to those around you. You can hear what's going on, but you don't always know what's being said and sometimes that's just like white noise. That's one of the reasons why I love reading so much. I feel like books is the only thing in the world where I can understand 100% of the time, and that's why it feels like a perfect escape to me.
I know I also probably haven't always been confident of myself because of the fact that I'm hearing impaired. But somewhere along the road I stopped letting it bother me and just dealt with the fact that I was going to be dealing with this the rest of my life.
It wasn't going to help if I was hard on myself, because life is hard enough as it is.
And it wasn't going to help to try to be perfect either, because nobody is perfect. If you have 20/20 eye vision, or perfect hearing or have no disabilities, you still aren't perfect.
God made us all in our own way, and He probably hates it when we beat ourselves for being less than perfect or different from everybody else.
It's OK to be different from everybody else. If we were all the same, the world would be a boring place.
We also are our own worst critics, and I know God probably hates it when we are so down on ourselves like that.
I found a quote the other day, but I can't remember it word by word so this one is based off of it. "Quit being so hard on yourself. It's time for you to see how worthy you are the way God sees you and thinks you are."
He knows who you are. He knows the plans He's made for you in your life. He doesn't care that you're not perfect, He made us to be imperfect.
It's awesome that we're all still part of His plan.
And this is why I've grown to be all right with being hearing impaired. That doesn't matter because He already adores me for who I am. I heard the song He Knows My Name by Francesca Battistelli today and that inspired this post too.
He knows my name. He knows how worthy we are, and I want to see how worthy I am through His eyes. He thinks I'm worthy enough to be chosen, free forgiven, wanted, child of the King. His forever, held in treasure.
I'm loved despite all of my flaws. I'm loved despite being imperfect. He knows my name and this is why I'm more confident now.
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