BUTCH: Mom, do you know that the Bible uses funny language sometimes?

MOM: Funny language? In what way?

BUTCH: Well, our Sunday school lessons have been out of the Bible, and this week we were to read some verses from Jeremiah 15.

MOM: I certainly hope your Sunday School lessons are out of the Bible, but what's so funny?

BUTCH: There is a verse that talks about eating God's Word.

MOM: When you were a baby, there was one time you literally tried to eat the Bible. I wasn't paying any attention to you as you sat on my lap in church. When I looked down, there you were chewing on my Bible.

BUTCH: Well, I know I'm not supposed to really eat my Bible, so what does it mean when it says that?

MOM: Can you remember when you were smaller and baseball was all you ever wanted to play?

BUTCH: Yes.

MOM: You watched it on TV, and you always wanted me to buy the cereals with pictures of Baseball players.

BUTCH: I remember.

MOM: You collected all the baseball cards you could afford. Grandma use to say "that boy lives, eats, and sleeps baseball 24 hours a day.

BUTCH: Oh, I see. So it means to get very involved in the Bible so it becomes the most important thing in my live -- even more important than food, I guess.

MOM: Sally, I just made oatmeal cookies, do you want one? I guess your sister never heard me.

BUTCH: That's okay, I'll eat hers. I think she is eating a book right now.

MOM: How important is the Bible to you, boys and girls? Do you ever "eat" it -- that is, become thoroughly engrossed in it?

BUTCH: Yes, make time in your schedule to read the Bible. Find a quiet place and shut other things out of your mind. Ask God to help you understand it.

MOM: Doing this daily will help you develop a love for the Bible. See you later boys and girls.

BUTCH: Bye boys and girls.