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Aaron was telling me about a woman named Fanny Crosby who wrote many famous hymns. I can’t recall the exact number but it’s pretty impressive. She was poor her whole life and even died poor. She was made blind by a doctor when she was very young. Who knows? Maybe the course of her life would’ve completely changed had she not been blind, but she still managed to forgive the doctor who made her blind.

It’s pretty amazing to me that she wrote as many hymns as she did with the hand dealt to her. Her walk with Christ was all the inspiration she needed to write music. I’m sure she wasn’t wondering about the hook factor or royalties she’d make off of the church using her songs. Obviously they didn’t have all that set up back then. It’s just great to think about somebody making art because it’s in them to do. Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem making some money off of my music or playing with artists, it’s how I eat. I was just inspired to write music that I love and if it’s not for everyone then that’s fine, but it’s good for my soul to express what God’s placed inside of me.

So weather you paint, sing, write poetry or do wood work, do it for the glory of God, not the fame of man. The creator has placed gifts inside us all and they shouldn’t set on the shelf just because we can’t make a ton of money from it.

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