Give Me A Glimpse

May 12, 2007 
11:51 PM

I know this is supposed to be a blog of memories and I don't want it to become a sobfest but hey it is my blog and I can post what I want!  ;)  And what I want is to be able to share some of the things that people have written for/about Knox that have meant a lot to us. I want to be able to share these. Anyway, this one is a kind of memory because this poem/song that Heidi wrote does a great job of expressing our sentiments of Knox's time in the hospital and going home without him. I love how she wrote it from our point of view. Thank you Heidi.

Give Me A Glimpse

He looks like he's sleeping
amid the tentacles and beeping of technology.
Oh, how I wanna be
the one hurt and unmoving in his place
so that he can run and race around.
Let me hold my little boy.
Let me kiss the hurt away.

Lord, give me a glimpse!
Let me see the silver lining.
Give me a glimpse.
Lord, forgive me if it seems I'm whining.
I know everything will work out for our good.
And I don't have to understand.
I know I can trust Your plan.
But if You just could... If You just would,
Won't You give me a glimpse?

He looks like he's sleeping
amid the mourning and the weeping of his family.
Oh how I wanna see
his joy at meeting Jesus face to face.
Let me feel Your peace and grace abound
while You hold my little boy
and kiss every hurt away.

Lord, give me a glimpse!
Let me see the silver lining.
Give me a glimpse.
Lord, forgive me if it seems I'm whining.
I know everything will work out for our good.
And I don't have to understand.
I know I can trust Your plan.
But if You just could... If You just would,
Won't You give me a glimpse?

I never knew that one could hurt this much before.
Any moment he'll come running through that door.
I see his clothes laid on the chair
and his paci over there,
his fingerprints upon my heart and the refrigerator...

Lord, give me a glimpse!
Let me see the silver lining.
Give me a glimpse.
Lord, forgive me if it seems I'm whining.
I know everything will work out for our good.
And I don't have to understand.
I know I can trust Your plan.
But if You just could... If You just would,
Won't You give me a glimpse?

Lord, I know there'll be a day
when I'll watch him run and play
and you'll kiss all my hurts away...
but for now -
Won't You give me a glimpse?