A Quote to Ponder

Posted by Byron May 31, 2006 at 9:52 am
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tip of capCourtesy of Tom Graffagnino, this quote from Fanny Crosby, blind from the age of six, but used by God to write 8,000 hymns (yeah, that’s THOUSAND).

“It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the dispensation. If perfect earthly sight were offered me tomorrow I would not accept it. I might not have sung hymns to the praise of God if I had been distracted by the beautiful and interesting things about me.”

Chew on that fer awhile…

 

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