Swept by Grace

By some estimates, the beloved hymn “Amazing Grace” is performed over 10 million times a year around the world. Imagine not being able to hear this sweet song!

Losing the ability to hear, or being born deaf, is unimaginable for many of us who have never experienced hearing loss, but there are some surprising upsides to being differently-abled in this way.

Deaf people develop keener senses of observation, touch, taste, and smell to compensate for their loss of hearing. What the hearing world may view as a loss can lead to Sensory Superpowers for members of the deaf community.

ASL, or American Sign Language, is an incredibly rich language, and it’s the 6th most common language in the United States

Statistics show deaf people are safer drivers due to their ability to focus on the visual aspects of driving, and actually live longer than hearing people.

Ephesians 2:8–9 says, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.”

Sometimes when we lose out on something, God’s grace sweeps in to fill up that space with other beautiful blessings in amazing ways.

Let’s pray.

Heavenly Father, sometimes we see differences as stumbling blocks, but your grace tells us otherwise. Help us to be noticers of where your grace shines a light in the lives of those around us, and to embrace the differences we encounter. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Amazing Grace And Hearing Loss
• 0:25 Sensory Strengths In Deaf Community
• 0:40 ASL And Life Outcomes
• 0:59 Grace In Loss And Scripture
• 1:23 Prayer For Seeing Grace
• 1:52 Subscribe And Learn More

Transcript

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By some estimates, the beloved hymn Amazing Grace is performed over 10 million times a year around the world. Imagine not being able to hear this sweet song. Losing the ability to hear or being born deaf is unimaginable for many of us who have never experienced hearing loss, but there are some surprising upsides to being differently abled in this way. Deaf people develop keener senses of observation, touch, taste, and smell to compensate for their loss of hearing. What the hearing world may view as a loss can lead to sensory superpowers for members of the deaf community. ASL, or American Sign Language, is an incredibly rich language, and it's the sixth most common language in the United States. Statistics show deaf people are safer drivers due to their ability to focus on the visual aspects of driving and actually live longer than hearing people. Ephesians 2, 8 through 9 says, For it is by grace you've been saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves. It's the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast. Sometimes, when we lose out on something, God's grace sweeps in to fill up that space with other beautiful blessings in amazing ways. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, sometimes we can see differences as stumbling blocks, but your grace tells us otherwise. Help us to be notices where your grace shines a light in the lives of those around us and to embrace the differences we encounter. In Jesus' name. Amen. Hey, thanks for joining us this week on the Caruso Daily Devotional. If you're joining us for the first time and you want to check out other series, please be sure to subscribe wherever you're listening. Secondly, Caruso is a family-owned business in the USA that makes all kinds of cool faith-based lifestyle products like t-shirts, caps, drink wear, etc. And there are even some that feature messages from this series you just listened to. You can learn more about us on Caruso.com and please follow us on socials. Facebook is at Caruso, that's K-E-R-U-S-S-O, and Instagram is at CarusoOfficial. Thanks.