The Blind Woman Who Saw More Than Most

Fanny Crosby lost her sight at six weeks old when a medical error left her permanently blind. She never saw a sunrise, never watched a loved one's face light up, never read a line of scripture with her own eyes. Yet this woman wrote over eight thousand hymns, including "Blessed Assurance," "To God Be the Glory," and "Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior."

When someone once expressed pity for her blindness, Crosby replied with words that have echoed through the generations: "If I had been given a choice at birth, I would have chosen to be blind, for when I get to heaven, the first face I see will be the face of my Savior."

That is not optimism. That is faith.

Faith does not require that we see the whole road ahead. It asks us to trust the One who does. Hebrews 11:1 tells us that faith is "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Fanny Crosby lived that verse more literally than most of us ever will. She could not see the hand of God, but she never doubted it was there. And from that certainty poured a river of worship that still fills sanctuaries today.

Some of us are walking through seasons where we cannot see what the Almighty is doing. Take heart. The depth of your vision has never been the measure of your faith. What matters is whether you trust the One you cannot yet see.