Christians are on a journey through life, and our destination is heaven, where we will forever be with the Lord. But this is not an easy journey. It is one that demands perseverance and determination, as well as the struggle against temptations and distractions. Of course, none of us are able to do this on our own. We need the Savior who has promised to lead us all the way home. “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with Mine eye” (Psalm 32.8). There are many spiritual obstacles on the way, but Jesus has promised to lead us “all the way.”
One of the beloved hymns of Fanny Crosby says exactly that: “All the Way My Savior Leads Me.” Frances Jane Crosby (1820-1915) is remembered as “the Queen of Gospel Hymnody” for the ten thousand gospel songs she composed, almost all of them during the last half of her 95 years! When Fanny was about six weeks old, her parents realized with alarm that something was wrong with her eyes. The local doctor was away, but the Crosbys found a man, no one afterward recalled his name, who claimed to be a physician. He put a hot poultice on the baby’s inflamed eyes, insisting it would draw out the infection. The infection did clear up, but white scars appeared and in the months that followed the baby registered no response to objects held before her. As it turned out, Fanny was not totally blind, but her eyes were severely damaged. Even in old age she could discern day and night. But any clarity of vision was gone.