芬妮·克罗斯比（Fanny Crosby）在与其他传教士一起探访监狱囚犯时，受到了启发，创作了这首赞美诗。

芬妮一间牢房接一间地向囚犯传讲福音并唱赞美诗。然而，由于探访时间有限，并不是所有的囚房都能够被探访到。芬妮不得不结束她的服事，狱警也引导他们向出口走去。

然而，芬妮知道还有许多人没有得到服事，于是不情愿地加快了脚步。就在这时，从一间尚未探访的牢房里传来一声令人心碎的呼喊：“请不要离开我。”

在她的信件中，芬妮·克罗斯比写道，当她创作这首赞美诗时，那间牢房里哀伤的呼喊声一直在她脑海中回荡，就像《马太福音》20:29-31中两个盲人向耶稣呼喊的声音一样。

她想起耶稣那无限的爱，祂总是倾听那些寻求祂的人，于是芬妮感动地创作了这首赞美诗。

这首赞美诗普遍地让我们处于那些真诚向上帝祈求祝福的人的位置。我们就像在耶稣面前的乞丐，而祂慷慨地赐予我们赦罪的恩典。

你是否已接受耶稣进入你的心中？

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Fanny Crosby was inspired to write this song while she and her fellow missionaries were ministering to inmates in a prison.

One cell at a time, Fanny shared the Gospel and sang praise songs. However, due to limited visiting hours, not all cells could be reached. Fanny had to end her service, and the guards directed them towards the exit.

But knowing many still hadn't been served, Fanny reluctantly hurried to continue. Suddenly, from an unvisited cell, a heartbreaking voice cried out, “Please, don’t leave me.”

In her letters, Fanny Crosby wrote that as she composed this hymn, the sorrowful cry from that cell echoed in her mind, much like the voice of the two blind men shouting for Jesus (Matthew 20:29-31).

Remembering the immense love of Jesus, who listens to those who seek Him, she was moved to create this hymn.

This praise universally places us in the position of those who are earnestly asking God to bless us. We are like beggars before Jesus, who abundantly offers the grace of forgiveness.

Have you accepted Jesus into your heart?