Blind Eyes That Can See

"Oh what a happy soul am I although I cannot see. I have resolved that in this world contented I will be. How many blessings I enjoy that other people don't, to weep and sigh because I am blind, I cannot and I won't."

The words above were penned by Fanny Crosby (March 24, 1820 - February 12, 1915) when she was a mere eight years old.  Fanny became blind at a very early age after a physician inadvertently applied some type of caustic ointment pads to her eyes causing her eyes to be scalded.

During her 94 years on this earth, Fanny wrote over 8,000 hymns. During all of the years which she was physically blind, she could see God better than most.

A favorite of Fanny Crosby's songs is "Blessed Assurance (Jesus Is Mine... This is My Story, This is My Song...)"

1. Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

Refrain
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.

2.  Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Refrain

3. Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.
Refrain

It is amazing to me how much one could see without natural visual sight.  My eyes are opened, and, "see" I do; yet not a fraction of what Fanny Crosby was able to view. 

Praise for God filled her heart and it poured from her mouth. God inhabited her praises, and spiritual insight was gained. 

May my eyes be closed to all that is around me, my heart inclined toward God, and my mouth continually express praise to Him so my dimmed, blind eyes may thoroughly see.