Beautiful Sunshine

"Walk in the beautiful sunshine,
Smiling so cheerful and bright,
Chasing the mist from the mountain,
Flooding the world with its light.
Hark! the sweet voice of the Master
Whispers in accents divine,
“Take thou no thought for the morrow,
Only the present is thine."

Walk in the beautiful sunshine,
Falling in waves from the skies,
Gilding the streams and the valleys,
Scatt’ring the shadows that rise.
Hear the sweet voice of the Spirit
Softly and tenderly say,
“Trust for what may be tomorrow,
Live in the joy of today."

Walk in the beautiful sunshine,
Jesus thy footsteps will guide;
While thou art safe in His keeping,
Evil can never betide.
Hear the sweet voice of His mercy
Kindly and lovingly say,
"God will take care of the morrow,
Be thou content with today."
---Fanny Jane Crosby 1901

I was reading this hymn and thinking of the woman who wrote it. Fanny Jane Crosby did not know what it was like to see the sunshine or the mist in the mountains, her eyes were blinded from seeing any part of creation. Her eyesight was lost from her physical body while she was only an infant due to doctors errors. This is what she said about it, "If I had been given a choice at birth, I would have asked to be blind...for when I get to heaven, the first face I will see will be the one who died for me." Although the eyes of her face knew no sight, her heart had been granted vision into the love of our Savior and could look, by light of His grace, into the sunshine of His glory. She is reminding us to be content with today, for our Creator is sufficient in all things and has sovereign intentions as He grants new mercies each morning to walk in the truth of His glorious light.

To know the sunshine of His face. Oh, what incomprehensible beauty!