Born in 1820 in rural south-east New York, Fanny Crosby is incredibly well-known for being a prolific hymnist who wrote more than 8,000 hymns and gospel songs, including Blessed Assurance, All the Way My Saviour Leads Me, Praise Him, Praise Him, To God Be the Glory, and Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross. What’s even more prolific is the fact that she wrote hymns and songs while being blind after losing her sight to an eye infection and medical ignorance at six weeks old.
In this week's edition of Learn, Live, Laugh, I invite to consider the two following questions:
1) What place does hymnody have in your life?
2) How does hymnody support your relationship with God?
Editor's Note: I meant to say in the audio that Fanny Crosby was born in 1820, not in 1920. My apologies!