The Hand Of God

The message in church today revolved around a woman named Fanny Crosby. She was a hymn writer and a poetess. What few people know though was that she was blind. Just 6 weeks after she was born she lost her eye sight, due to "questionable medical practice" at the time. But still she grew up to serve the Lord.

In her life though, she manifested a cheerfulness that was considered a great achievement even after 3 dreadful tragedies in her life: first was her blindness, which she compensated by memorizing multiple sections of the bible (even more than people who can see these days); second was her less than ideal marriage to a fellow musician, and third was the death of her child.

Those truly have to be devastating things. However she held steadfast to the love of the Lord and she continued on to speak and write hymns and teach for the greater glory of God.

The message in church today was more about how the hand of God (the same hand of God) that guided and shielded her, although we do not undergo the same circumstances, is the same hand that guides and protects us. The speaker's emphasis as well was not the we look at other people and their experiences because people have different experiences. Although one person is healed shortly after prayer and another is not (even if they both prayed), still we have to move forward with the will of the Lord and follow through by obeying Him.

We should set our eyes on the Lord and not on others. It will serve no good purpose to compare ourselves to other people. I know I've tried and nothing good has come of it. So I agree with the speaker, let us set our eyes on the Lord. He will follow through on his promises, provide His had to guide and hide us.