Don't Be Jealous...

...of my very spiritual kids.

Picture this: It's early morning. My two precious children and I are sitting at the kitchen table. As they are nourishing their growing bodies with bowls of Honey Bunches of Oats, I am nourishing their tender souls with a verse from the Bible. (I've learned to keep it about three verses or fewer in order to stave off that glassy-eyed look which lets me know they're no longer "checked in". Hey, it's better short and sweet than long and ignored, right?)

On this particular morning, I read, "Whoever guards his mouth and tongue, keeps his soul from troubles." (Prov. 21:23)

Putting down the Bible, I ask, "Can you think of a time when you said something and shortly afterward wished you had just kept your mouth shut?"

"Oh, yeah," Delaney says, her eyes rolling for emphasis.

So pleased that my daughter could quickly identify the truth in the biblical passage and immediately see it's application in her own life, I smile and ask, "When was that, Delaney?"

What, dear readers, do you think her inspiring, uplifting response was?

Well, read on...

"Every time I ask Dad something about the Bible! I ask one little question and he goes on and on and on..."

Hmmm...not exactly what I was going for...