Sue Thomas, who lost her hearing when she was 18 months old, grew up learning about God's sovereignty.

By the time she was in college, however, she questioned everything she'd been taught.

My parents made a mistake when they told me God never makes the mistakes.

I was convinced that God had made a mistake. This is the Revive Our Hearts

podcast with Nancy DeMoss Walgamuth, author of Surrender, The Heart Guide Controls. For August 19th,

2020, I'm Dana Gresh. If I were to ask you a specific example of a time God gave you a fresh start, how would you respond?

What story would you tell me? You might talk about the moment you gave your life to him,

trusting in Christ alone for your hope in this life and the next. Or maybe you'd tell me about when you were headed a wrong direction,

interested only in yourself, and God graciously orchestrated circumstances to wake you up in some way.

Today's guest on Revive Our Hearts had that kind of experience.

Sue Thomas visited with Nancy in the studio. Now, even though Sue can't hear,

she reads lips remarkably well. So we moved the microphone back from in front of Nancy's face,

and this is a portion of that conversation. Let's listen. I'd love for you to share just how your parents first learned that you were deaf.

You weren't born deaf.

How did your parents first learn that you had lost your hearing?

I was 18 months of age, and I was watching TV with my brothers,

and all of a sudden I ran up and I turned up the knob full blast. And my brother turned it down. I turned it up. They turned it down. I turned it off. Mom and dad came running into the room to find out what all the rack was about. And that night when they tucked me in the bed, and neither of them realized that it would be the very first long-sighted night of the rest of my life.

And then next morning when I woke, my mom was talking to me, sounds were going off.

She realized I was totally oblivious to my surrounding.

And she grew concerned and called her a neighbor who was a nurse.

And after a lot of discussion, they placed me in the car and they rushed me to the hospital.

And there the doctors examined me and said those were to my mother that would follow her

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