Food for Thought Friday

2/12/10
As a youngster did you ever fish around your bowl of “M’m! M’m! Good!” ™ vegetable soup trying to spell out words? Words are an important part of daily life. Our choice of words reflects who we are. But these things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the heart; (Matthew 1:18)

Mother used to threaten to put the “quietus” on my social life if I didn’t meet my curfew. (30 minutes after Teen Town closed) Those words came from her heart of love for me. Though they carried an ominous tone of threat, they got my attention.

My grandmothers cared greatly for me as well. Both were believers. Yet, their vocabulary was certainly different. Gena: “no good can come of a girl gallivantin' around with a painted face” or “if you get up and start fannin’ around before you’re good ‘n well, you’ll relapse;” Mama D.: “Always remember that God loves you.” During my growing up years no other adult I can recall spoke as easily of the Lord as Mama Davenport did. God was the most used word in her vocabulary. How easy it is to praise her God---Very God of Very God---her church creed, her heart creed, and thus her lifestyle creed.

What words do your family and friends hear coming from your mouth?