On My Knees

Merry Christmas from the ladies on My Mom's side of the family
(left to right: My Mom, My Mimi, Me, My Sister Amy and My Aunt Anna)


First and foremost let me wish all of you a belated Merry Christmas. I was a bit overwhelmed with framily (friends that are like family) events prior to leaving to see my actual family. I have also been sharing a bedroom with my 5-year old niece, Maddie, so this doesn't allow for late night pondering and/or blogging. In all honesty, I have fallen asleep on the couch almost every night around 10:30 or 11:00pm. And remember that's actually 9:30 or 10:00pm central time!

I hope you all had a great Christmas with your families or framilies and relished in the time together and the beauty of the season. I enjoyed the excitement of a 2-year old and 5-year old wide-eyed at the empty milk glass and cookie crumbs. Watching them tear into gift bags and squeal with delight at the gifts Santa, Aunt Emily, Grandma and Pepaw (Dad's new name now!) gave them. The joy of Christmas can be found in a child's eyes when they open a gift they have asked for. That same joy should sparkle in our eyes when we think about the gift our Heavenly Father has given us.

Tomorrow marks what we hope is the final surgery from the accident, 2009 and we hope forever. Mom will have outpatient surgery on her right knee. They are going to clean out the debris and repair the torn meniscus in two places.

According to Wikipedia:The knee joint joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two articulations: one between the femur and tibia, and one between the femur and patella.[1] It is the largest and most complicated joint in the human body.[2] The knee is a mobile trocho-ginglymus (i.e. a pivotal hinge joint),[3] which permits flexion and extension as well as a slight medial and lateral rotation. Since in humans the knee supports nearly the whole weight of the body, it is the joint most vulnerable both to acute injury and the development of osteoarthritis.

To quote Ron Burgandy the knee is "kindof a big deal." What's even more of a big deal is that the knee is the symbol of surrender. When we fall to our knees we are physically waving our white flag. We are letting go of any control and asking for help. It's "kindof a big deal" to show a posture of surrender when you kneel.

Our verse for tomorrow's surgery will be the following:
Isaiah 35:3-4 (New International Version)

3 Strengthen the feeble hands,
steady the knees that give way;

4 say to those with fearful hearts,
"Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come,
he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution
he will come to save you."

However, I hope our song for not only tomorrow but for 2010 is

Nicole C. Mullen's "On My Knees."
There are days,
When I feel
The best of me
Is ready to begin
Then they're days,
When I feel
I'm letting go,
And soaring on the wind
But I've learned in laughter or in pain,
How to survive

I get on my knees
I get on my knees
there I am before the Love that
Changes me
See, I don't know how,
But there's power
when I’m on my knees

I can be in a crowd,
or by myself.
or almost anywhere,
when I feel, there's a need
to talk with God, he is Emmanuel,
when I close my eyes,
no darkness there
there's only light

When I get on my knees
When I get on my knees
there I am before the Love that changes me
see I don't know how, but there's power
in the blue sky
I don't know how but there's power
and in the midnight
and I don't know how but there's power
when I’m on my knees
I get on my knees
I get on my knees
and there I am before the Love that changes me
I don't know how, but there's power
I don't know how but God gives me power
I don't know how but there's power
When I'm on my knees
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