It's hard to believe that I have not posted any message to my blog in two years. The trials I have experienced and continue to endure are remarkable and utterly painful; yet I know that weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. Pilots must have knowledge and training to handle turbulence and that is the same hope I have in God. He has blessed me with an abundance of patience to go through the fire. But with assurance, I am confident that I will one day reap with joy for the tears that I have sown.
I watched this wonderful movie that is titled, Listen to Your Heart. It's about a young hearing man named Danny who falls in love with a Deaf woman named Sam, who was a college student. Danny was a musician and a waiter. Sam also had the same love of music. Through his first orientation, he did not recognize her deafness, so he happily shared his number and waited for her call. Unfortunately time passed, and he became discouraged when he had no correspondence for two weeks. Suddenly she walks into his place of employment one day and Danny learns that it was not her intention to not call. She was unable to do so because she did not have a phone and her controlling mother never learned sign language to communicate with her to give her the respect that she deserved as a person with purpose.
Nevertheless, he finds himself falling in love despite the cultural differences of the hearing and deaf community.
To his surprise, his best friend Roger discourages him from making that so called mistake. The next statement he made was extremely powerful and ministered to me immediately. He said, "I am not going to miss out on something great simply because it is hard."
He made a lifestyle adjustment. While he only knew how to sign his name at first, their love grew and he became fluent and respected her culture.
As Danny realized that it would be an obstacle, he was willing to try and succeed. He wasn't going to give up on chasing a plan of his, which was to find true love; and Sam wasn't going to give up her passion of true love by standing by his side as he lived a content life while he unknowingly battled cancer. Unfortunately, Sam's mother did not approve because Danny did not fit into her aristocratic ideology. Therefore, she invited another young wealthy man to meet Sam to sweep her off of her, but she finds herself being forcefully seduced to the potential point of rape. To the mother's disappointment, Sam clearly rejected her input and decided that she was satisfied in knowing that Danny was the one.
She was reared her entire life listening to others, but through Danny's experience of listening to his heart, she realized that it was time for her to do the same. She no longer wanted others to control her destiny by determining what it should be or how it should be achieved. Therefore, she undergoes the surgery for the cochlear implant against her mother's approval to regain her ability to hear again which she lost at an elementary age. At once, she was disturbed when she perceived sound from the world after such a long time, but she learned to adjust with joy and was comforted with experiencing life - the greatest lesson that Danny taught her, learning how to listen to her heart. She chose to hear rather than remain deaf. She chose to pursue music rather than follow after her mother's commands. She learned to put her wealthy welfare aside to live a common life, one that she cherished more than anything else. And she learned how to no longer exist through an interpreter and chose to speak for herself.
On one particular evening, a fashionable soiree was held without Danny's presence. When he learned of Sam's place of residence, he crashed the party with a tee-shirt and jeans, an attire which rebelled against the suits and dresses of the attendees. When Danny walked in, everyone immediately recognized that he did not belong simply because of his appearance. Once he was located by Sam's mother, she intervened and spoke without Sam's permission to tell Danny that she no longer wanted him. At that very moment, Sam beautifully walks down the stairs and sees Danny, whom she imagined had fallen out of love with her. During her summer vacation from college, he wrote letters that were hidden from Sam by her mother. While Danny verbally pursues her in front of everyone, Sam turns her back on him and security harshly removes him from the party.
Isn't destiny great; yet hard to achieve? I don't know about you, but I am determined to overcome the stumbling blocks that people have placed in my life to prevent me from possessing something great...my destiny. The price to do so will cost you, but keep your eyes on the prize. Take the time to have joy in God’s Word knowing that He will comfort you in the midst of pain, tribulation, or whatever obstacle you must overcome to obtain something great no matter how loud or discomforting it may be. People will judge you on how you should look on your destiny path. You may not fit into their mold, as David did not fit into the image to become king. Ultimately, Jesus did not fit into the image of being Savior of the world. But forsaking destiny was not an option for neither one of them.
Don't make the same mistake that I made: being the sounding boarding to work on everyone else's plan and place them in position to do their destiny assignment while I neglected myself, my purpose and paid a hefty price, having to endure ridicule, sabotage, backlash and mental and emotional torment. I encourage you to surround yourself with individuals who will love you in the way that you need to be loved, who will respect the culture of your communicative language and operate with ease to help you plant both feet in the place of God rather than those who are determined to intentionally make the ride bumpy and agonizing. Don't allow others to speak into existence what your destiny should be by keeping you bound and tied to the cosmic appearance of their "aristocratic" view of you, which really is an extremely poor outlook on what God has purposed for His plan for you.
Listen to your heart. Why? Because that is where God's word is hidden. Unfortunately, if you take time to listen to the enemy and his cohorts, he will cause you to lose the most amazing thing that you have, the meaning behind your existence.
