Arguably, Fanny Crosby will be included in believers’ hall of fame, those who continue to inspire through their work. It is estimated that she wrote about 8,000 songs, and several of them are still in vogue. In our text, Apostle Paul spoke of ministering in his physical infirmity. Fanny Crosby could easily have made that her personal testimony. Her exploits were made through physical infirmity. When she was just six weeks old, she developed a minor eye inflammation. She was taken to a doctor who, through careless handling, left her permanently blind. All the things she ever accomplished were despite her condition.

Fanny moved past that tragedy. She found a way to cope by developing a positive perspective of things…There is no difficulty we cannot overcome if only we give it a right perspective.

The doctor who caused the damage did not forgive himself and had to change base. Fanny on her part said if she could meet him she would thank him over and again. However, Fanny moved past that tragedy. She found a way to cope by developing a positive perspective of things. This was her testimony: “I could not have written thousands of hymns if I had been hindered by the distractions of seeing all the interesting and beautiful objects that would have been presented to my notice.” There is no difficulty we cannot overcome if only we give it a right perspective. A word for those of us with the gift of sight. The onus is on us to be disciplined and discerning enough to know what we let into our lives through the eye gate, otherwise, our sight that is designed to be a blessing can become a curse and snare.