Picture our dinner table with the noisy din of a preschooler’s chatter and the constant drone of a toddler’s babbling whine mixed with a fair amount of sassy words, giddiness and general loudness.
Are you there? Add yogurt to just about every surface, food being chewed with open mouths and a sippy cup being used without hands.
Sometimes I laugh, sometimes I cry. This time I tried to teach.
I looked Ryan square in the eye and said,
God says the wise man uses his ears and the foolish man lets his tongue run
The phrase was met with a head back laugh!
What!? Are you kidding me! How do you even do that?
He continued to open his food filled mouth and “run” on his tongue with his pointer and middle fingers.
You mean like this? (running on his tongue) Hahahhaeee-hahaha!
Well, so I had to laugh. Here are some of the scriptures I was trying to recall at the ruckus albeit educational dinner table.
- Words from a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips. Ecclesiastes 10:12
- Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin. Proverbs 10:14
- The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin. Proverbs 10:8
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Oh, Jessy. You are an amazing mom. I don’t know how you do it!
This made me laugh right out loud.