Humble and On My Knees

Sadaya announces from the outset that she is now in church and she is trying to live a godly and obedient life. She has faithfully and dutifully attended Bible Study and Choir Rehearsal through the week and church services on Sunday mornings. Cobb was attracted to this faithful and godly persona of Sadaya, but he dare not admit it to himself, especially in the beginning of the relationship. With chapter heading such as He’s Fine and He’s All Mine, Man and Woman Loving Each Other Spectacularly, Honey Honey It’s The Money If You Want to Get Along With Me, and When the Great Scorer Comes He Will Not Ask How Many Points You’ve Scored But How You Played The Game this book shines, The author was creative in this book. The Writer, Adrienne Sealy, points out that Sadaya Ruby Day was a woman, by today’s standards, was considered to be chubby or overweight (oversized). The protagonist, Sadaya , also battled mental illness, and was pro-therapy. Sprinkled in the book are time when Cobb makes reference to her size. The author handles this subject well and the subject is not overdone or overburdened. However, throughout the novel, which is a fictional literary work, The main emphasis is on the Holy Scriptures. The Holy Scriptures are used to back up the main language and genre of the book. Many Biblical quotations are introduce into the text. The presence of the scriptures helps to bring about a positive spiritual transformation that lasts. In her treatment of the main character, Adrienne Sealy handles both Cobb Jackson and Sadaya Ruby Day, with utmost respect. Both characters are usually respectful of one another’s boundaries, but when Sadaya decided to date an ex-boyfriend, Cobb hits the roof, and he almost overreacts, except for useful advice given to him by his father. Cobb reinvolved himself and got deeper into his exercise program, which by the way would make anyone in the non-fictional world into an excellent exercise enthusiast and athlete. There are exercises that the author’s father, himself a professional basketball player, helped to perfect for teams of professional basketball up and coming players. All of the exercises are listed in the Google System. Say the names as it appears in the book and the Googles will show many positions and pictures of the exercises and how they are to be used. Cobb Jackson felt he had the whole world on his shoulders if he did have Sadaya. Oh yes, but he liked his women. Cobb had a penchant for going out with sexy and vivacious women on a regular basis. Sadaya couldn’t stand this. It ate her up inside and she felt like she was being stuck with needles. Going to the House of the Lord became even more of a mandate for Sadaya. She may have wept bitterly but she attended church with top-rated reliability. She is in a situation she feels helpless to change, and she cries out to God in faith and at the same time in exasperation. Sadaya didn’t allow her circumstance to bring her to a spiritual death. She continues to go to church onward like a good Christian soldier and she let nothing stop her. The main characters, Sadaya and Cobb, aren’t lovers yet. They are recently discovering what love is. Cobb is a rich basketball player who by divine providence gets stuck on the road and he ends up asking for help for his car at Sadaya’s church, the Black Memorial Baptist Church. The two meet and sparks fly. It is love at first sight. Humble and on My Knees is an inspirational book. Sadaya’s godly persona wins Cobb over even more so. The love he has for Sadaya gnaws at Cobbs but he continues to date many women. Sadaya was called chubby about 4 times in the book and he did make reference to her overweight status in the book but he loved her. As a ballplayer in love with a woman who attends church regularly and who works to improve her character Cobb and Sadaya spend time dreaming about each other. He takes her out for the evening to many first class dinner dances and charity affairs. He does not sleep with her after these fancy affairs and dances, although they do come close. Core Christian values are espoused throughout the book, Humble and On My Knees. There are no brothel or wanton sexual scenes in this book but there are kissing scenes; sultry kissing scenes. The treatment of Sadaya’s and other character’s sexual nature is handled through the use of fantasy, which was well-handled. Cobb did have sexual affairs outright. Cobb later points out that he wasn’t happy with the fact that Sadaya went out with an old boyfriend. Sadaya, still inside her hurt because Cobb was going out with other women, was determined to lead an obedient and godly life. At the end of the book, Cobb comes up with a surprise Sadaya will never forget.