Legacies of Light: Fanny Crosby

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What if the story behind your hardest wound is the clearest window into God’s work? We start with John 9, where Jesus rejects the blame-laced question of who sinned and reframes a man’s lifelong blindness as the very stage for God’s power. Then we follow that thread into the life of Fanny Crosby, the blind poet whose 8,000 hymns carried the gospel into revival tents, cathedrals, and living rooms around the world.

You’ll hear how Jesus intentionally breaks suffocating Sabbath rules to heal, spark a showdown, and raise a fearless witness who simply says what he knows: no one opens the eyes of the blind unless God is involved. That same clarity echoes in Crosby’s journey—from a childhood shaped by a tragic misdiagnosis to an adulthood anchored in Scripture, a dramatic conversion during a hymn, and a calling that turned private pain into public praise. Her lyrics traveled with Ira Sankey and D. L. Moody and later with Billy Graham’s team, leading countless people to faith while giving voice to those who grieved.

We don’t smooth the edges. Crosby’s marriage buckled under the loss of her infant daughter. She rarely spoke of that wound, yet she wrote “Safe in the Arms of God,” proving that victory in one arena doesn’t guarantee victory in all. Along the way, we draw three practical takeaways: usability often grows where we accept our inability, simple truth can dismantle complex denial, and both cause and cure live under a sovereign God who composes meaning from every measure. If you’ve ever asked why pain persists or wondered whether purpose can survive it, this conversation offers courage, clarity, and a path forward.

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