When a Christian remains faithful, it's an encouragement to other Christians. Fanny Crosby was blind. Instead of wallowing in self-pity, she held on to her faith in God and wrote the hymns we still sing: I Am Thine, O Lord; Jesus Is Tenderly Calling; To God Be the Glory; Blessed Assurance.

When Fanny Crosby was old, somebody told her that, if she had been born in that day, an operation could have restored her sight. Instead of being bitter, she said, "I don't know that I would change anything. Do you know that the first thing I'm ever going to see is the face of Jesus?" We're inspired by faith like that.