Sue Thomas F.B. Eye 1# The Story Behind It

Who reading this blog has watched or heard of the show Sue
Thomas F.B.Eye ?  I really liked the show when I was 12 and
up. After a few years, I felt like the Lord wanted me to let
go of it. But now, I honestly feel like He's given it back to
me. I really, really like the show! It's true-to-life, it's decent,
it's wonderful, and it's based on a true story!

 

 

 Sue Thomas went deaf at age 18 months. Her parents found a teacher who

taught her to speak and read lips. She joined her brothers in sports and

learned to play piano. Playing piano became a way for her to express her

emotions. Through grade school and up, she was bullied and made fun of

by other kids. No one wanted to be her friend. When she was a teenager,

she took a drug overdose and was rushed to the hospital, when she noticed

a verse in the Bible that was in her room, "Come unto Me all you who labor

and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." After that, she began

attending church more and her parents encouraged her to searching God's

truth. When she left college, she applied for working at the F.B.I. What

she thought would be a career turned out to be a program for people

with disabilities. She was in finger-printing, where they had to count

each groove, etc. The teachers thought it'd be easier for a deaf person

because it was quiet and the person wouldn't have to be distracted

trying to focus on everything around them. To Sue, it was long

and tedious. She was about to quit, when someone from the F.B.I.

surveillance team brought her into their wing and asked her about

her lip-reading abilities. They had a video recording of some

suspects, but the sound mechanism had failed, and the agents

didn't know what the people were saying. They showed the video

to Sue on the screen, and she read and repeated every word they said.

After that, she was transferred to surveillance, and out on the field,

through a pair of binoculars, she could read the conversations of

suspects without them knowing, as long as she could see their lips.

 

After a while though, she quit the F.B.I. and tried to find a ministry

she could do for others, and at that time, she was granted her very

first hearing dog, Levi who became her companion and ears.

 

Sue Thomas is now a speaker who travels telling her story, trying to

bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to many, and trying to show that

even disabled people can do something, can make a difference.

At this time, she is suffering from MS which has recently made

things more difficult for her. She is a bright, funny, enthusiastic

person. I've never met her in person, but I've seen videos of

her speaking. Every Christmas, with the help of her friends,

she visits the homeless in Washington, D.C. and gives them

food, clothes, blankets, and tries to reach out to them.

 

When her story was to become a television series, she was

consulted about whether the lead actress was to be deaf or

hearing. There was no question in Sue's mind: she had to be

deaf, someone who truly understood the world of silence.

Sue personally chose the lead actress, and that's where

deaf actress Deanne Bray was cast into Sue's role. Sue

and Deanne became good friends, and the show has

become a refreshing series to watch.

 

Sue and her hearing dog, Katie



 



 

Sue Thomas and her dog, Gracie with Deanne Bray and her on screen dog, Levi



 





  



Cooking Project

Okay, about my cooking project for Easter Sunday. Some of the
 crust on the outside broke up. I'm afraid some of the meringue of
  filling leaked, but it was gone after everyone ate, so I guess it wasn't
 too bad. God helped me, and with some tips from Mom, I made my very
 first lemon meringue pie! They've been around decades and when I see
them, I just want to delve in and eat them. And for a long time, I've
wanted to try my hand at it. It was a lot of work, and I was messing up
on a lot of things that day, but God is gracious. I almost never do this,
but, I forgot to remove the pans from the oven before preheating it!
I was sure I'd taken them out first, (I usually do) but the oven had reached
full temperature by the time it dawned on me! I was working on the
pie filling and kept smelling something burning. I opened the oven
door and the pans were smoking! I grabbed them with pot holders,
set them on the stove, opened a window, and at Mom's suggestion
I stacked them up together on a pot holder. That was embarrassing,
and humbling.

Later, I was finished with the eggs and knew I had to putt them away
in the fridge, but my mind was a bit strained, so I grab the something
that was on the counter (the pot lid had been sitting on the egg carton).
I grabbed the pot lid and opened the fridge door, and almost set the lid
on the shelf when I shook my head and asked myself, "Wait. What am I doing?"
Oh! What a day. Anyway, the pie turned out, and I hope that next time,
I'll do better!

Rebecca

Only Through God's Grace

Dear blog readers,

I've tried to avoid doing this post for a long time, but I feel now to share it.
For a year and a half, we were homeschooling our friend, Rachel. What I'm
trying to say is...is that...last October, we had a crisis, and now Rachel is
staying with us, she's been placed in our care right now. Readers, PLEASE
do not ask us questions regarding the circumstances!!!!! Legally, we are not
permitted to discuss it, plus it's personally so hard. Please don't ask us what
 happened. Rachel's doing good, and that's what's important. But the changes
and other things have been so difficult for us and so painfully sad, it hurts so much!
Being involved in a trial like this is nothing I ever, ever imagined! I wanted you to know,
so that if you see pictures of Rachel in our home or anything, I won't have to explain it.

If you readers, do think of us, PLEASE pray for us! This has not been an easy thing
to do, and it still isn't. Please JUST pray for us. You can ask how Rachel's doing,
but any comments asking information of the situation will be deleted, as we're not
allowed to talk about it.

But please do pray for me and my family!

Rebecca

"When the way is dark, and I am afraid,

And don't know what to do,

Help me take my eyes off me, Lord.

And keep my eyes on You!"

-Trusting You

Good Friday and Ressurection Sunday (Easter)

I know it's been a couple days. Sunday morning was bright, colorful, and beautiful! Just
perfect for celebrating that Jesus is alive! Beautiful day! I wanted to share some verses
 and songs that I like, I know their gruesome, but they tell of what He did.

"Then He said to the,'My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. 
Stay here and watch with Me.' He went a little farther and fell on His face,
and prayed, saying, 'O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me;
nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will'...Again, a second time, He went
away and prayed, saying, 'O My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from
Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.' " (Matthew 26: 38-39, 42)

"Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being
in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops
of blood falling down to the ground." (Luke 22:43-44)

"Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it
again. No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to
lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received
from My Father." (John 10: 17,18)

Nailed Upon Golgotha's Tree

1. Nailed upon Golgotha's tree-

Faint and bleeding. Who is He?

Hands and feet so rudely torn,

Wreathed with crown of twisted thorn.

Once He lived in heaven above, 

Happy in His Father's love,

Son of God,'tis He,'tis He,

On the cross at Calvary.

2. Nailed upon Golgotha's tree-

Mocked and taunted. Who is He?

Scorners tell Him to come down.

Claim His kingdom and His crown.

He it was who came to bless,

Full of love and tenderness.

Son of Man,'tis He, 'tis He, 

On the cross at Calvary.

3. Nailed upon Golgotha's tree-

As a victim. Who is He?

Bearing sin, but not His own,

Suffering agony unknown.

He, the promised sacrifice, 

For our sins has paid the price.

Lamb of God, 'tis He, 'tis He,

On the cross at Calvary.

4.Throned in glorious majesty,

Lord triumphant-Who is He?

Even the same Who came to die,

Now in heaven exalted high;

With adoring hearts we now

At His blessed feet would bow.

Lord of all, 'tis He, 'tis He,

Throned in glorious majesty!

 This next one is my personal favorite.

O Christ, What Burdens Bowed Thy Head!

1. O Christ, what burdens bowed Thy head!

Our load was laid on Thee;

Thou stoodest in the sinner's stead-

To bear all ill for me.

A Victim led, Thy blood was  shed;

Now there's no load for me.

2. Death and the curse were in our cup-

O Christ, twas full for Thee!

But Thou hast drained the last dark drop,

'Tis empty now for me.

That bitter cup-love drank it up;

Left but the love for me.

3. Jehovah lifted up His rod-

O Christ, it fell on Thee!

Thou wast sore stricken of Thy God;

There's not one stroke for me.

Thy blood beneath that rod has flowed:

Thy bruising healeth me.

4. The tempest's awful voice was heard, 

O Christ, it broke on Thee!

Thy open bosom was my ward;

It bore the storm for me.

Thy form was scarred, Thy visage marred;

Now cloudless peace for me.

5. For me, Lord Jesus, Thou hast died,

And I have died in Thee;

Thou art risen: my bands are all untied,

And now Thou livest in me.

The Father's face of radiant grace

Shines now in light on me.

I learned this one years ago, but almost never hear it sung.

I Saw One Hanging on the Tree

1. I saw One hanging on a tree,

In agony and blood;

He fixed His languid eyes on me,

As near His cross I stood.

2. Sure, never 'til my latest breath,

Can I forget that look;

It seemed to charge me with His death,

Tho' not a word He spoke.

3. My conscience felt and owned the guilt,

And plunged me in despair;

I saw my sins His blood had spilt

And helped to nail Him there.

4. Alas! I knew not what I did-

But now my tears are vain;

Where shall my trembling soul be hid?

For I the Lord have slain.

5. A second look He gave which said,

"I freely all forgive:

This blood is for thy ransom paid,

I die that thou mayest live". 

What Love It Was

1. What Love it was that brought Thee down,

Down to the depths in which I lay,

That made Thee leave Thy glory-throne,

In Servant's form to tread Thy way;

Yet lower still to death to go,

That I might never judgement know.

2. My place is now in Thee above,

By virtue of Thy precious blood,

Before Thy Father's face in love,

Made now my Father and my God.

Oh! That my feeble voice might swell

The praise of Him who loves so well.

3. 'Tis love that cannot be explained,

It is too wonderful, too vast,

The heart of God alone contained,

Such thoughts divine in ages past.

But oh! I know it rests on me, 

And will throughout eternity.

4. Oh! fill me, Lord, yet more and more,

So that my heart even here below,

From Thy love's rich and boundless store,

Be satisfied and overflow,

Full with the blessing Thou hast given.

The foretaste now of what makes heaven.

This one is one our family's top favorites.

One Day!

1. One day when heaven was filled with His praises,

One day when sin was as black as could be,

Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin,

Dwelt among men, my example is He!

2. One day they led Him up Calvary's mountain,

One day they nailed Him to die on the tree;

Suffering anguish, despised and rejected,

Bearing our sins, my Redeemer is He!

Refrain:

Living, He loved me; Dying, He saved me;

Buried, He carried my sins far away;

Rising, He justified freely forever:

One day He's coming-oh, glorious day!

3. One day they left Him alone in the garden,

One day He rested, from suffering free;

Angels came down over His tomb to keep vigil;

Hope of the hopeless, my Saviour is He!

4. One day the grave could conceal Him no longer,

One day the stone rolled away from the door;

Then He arose, over death He has conquered;

Now is ascended, my Lord evermore!

5. One day the trumpet will sound for His coming,

One day the skies with His glory will shine;

Wonderful day, my beloved ones bringing;

Glorious Saviour, this Jesus is mine!

Living, He loved me; Dying, He saved me;

Buried, He carried my sins far away;

Rising, He justified freely forever:

One day He's coming-oh, glorious day!

"Then He arose, over death He has conquered; Now is ascended, my Lord evermore!"

 

"These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace.

In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer,

I have overcome the world." (John 16: 33)

"Can a woman forget her nursing child,

And not have compassion on the son of her womb?

Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you.

See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;

Your walls are continually before Me."

(Isaiah 49:15, 16)

A Little Heads Up

Okay, people! We're still alive!

All right, I apologize for lack of posting. I suppose I could've just informed what we were doing,
but I like to share pictures. Anyway, I guess that's what I'll have to do for now, just can't share
 pictures yet, that is from the passed 2 months anyway.

I'm planning to do a series of posts on some of my favorite things: things I'm crazy about, things
 I like just because, and such.

Anyway, I'm planning to not be so silent again. Oh, and I'm planning on a special cooking project
 to make for Sunday. It's not really that special, but it's been around for decades and I've never
 made it before. I really want to try my hand at it. Lord willing, I'll let you know how it comes out.

Rebecca