Amazing Grace

My wife and I let our daughters Rachel, who is six. And Samara, who is five watch the Fanny Crosby Story on video. For those who don’t know Fanny Crosby, she was a Blind woman who penned more than 10,000 hymns under more than 200 different pen names, for the Lord. Some include "Blessed Assurance", "Jesus Is Tenderly Calling You Home", "Praise Him, Praise Him", and "To God Be the Glory".

A few days after watching the Fanny Crosby video, my daughters were sitting at the kitchen table and my wife was standing in the kitchen with them. And my 6 year old, Rachel, asked my wife “Mommy, why do people get blind”?

“Well, some people are born blind, and some people become blind because they get old or because something happens to their eyes. And because we are born into a fallen world that sort of thing happens”. My wife replied.

“So, do we know any people blind”? Rachel asks.

“Well, no honey, we don’t know anyone blind”. My wife says.

Then my 5 year old, Samara chimes in...

“Yes we do, I know somebody blind”.


“No we don’t Sammy”. My wife says

“Yes, uh-hu I do….. ‘Swa’ in the Bible was blind!” Samara explained.

“Who is Swa!?” “There is no ‘Swa’ in the Bible that was blind, honey.” My wife says.

“Yes there is!” Samara states. Then she starts singing…..” Swaaas blind but now I see.”

My Wife was laughing so hard she could hardly tell me the story. My wife has sung them Amazing Grace since they were born and when in the song it says ““twas” blind but now I see” Sammy thought “twas” was a person named “Swa”. It was hilarious!