On Bended Knee

It has been traditional to kneel at your bedside to pray. We see this depicted in various movies and books. In Anne of Green Gables Marilla has Anne kneel at her bedside to say her nightly prayers.

This afternoon I took time to kneel at my own bedside here in my room. Next door the cries of laugher came through loud at clear as Amanda watched a Fry and Laurie video. Footsteps in the hall increased and died out. As I prayed for each of the girls I pictured their faces. I read the Song of Songs aloud from the Message. My knees began to hurt within minutes of their contact with the thin layer of brown carpet that masks the hard floor beneath. With a bowed head I was aware of a sense of submission but also of petition. I was overcome with a sense of humility, but also of a desire to ask for answers to questions.