Mercy Kissys

When a child says something profound do you hear it? My daughter Ashlyn loves chocolate, especially hershey kisses. Two days ago she wanted some but i did not know it. Most of the time my wife or oldest daughter takes care of these minor cravings since they being female know what chocolate is all about. When she asked me for them she kept asking me for some mercy kissys. At first i did not know what she was saying so me thinking logically kissed her and she quickly let me know that was not a mercy kissy. So as any confused father i asked the translator my wife then told me what she was asking for, hershey kisses. Wow what wonderful and cute girl, i am not planning on correcting her.

This got me thinking what are some of the things that we say that need translation. Are communicating Truth in a confusing way. we know what we are saying and we a confident we are right, but do the people who hear us get what we are saying at all. I think i could have known what my daughter was saying if she had shown me what it was she was saying. How do our lives help communicate our message. When was the last time you said something that did not match up to how you live. The Gospel is word and deed/ action and truth. If all you do is talk something is broken. If you are speaking and being misunderstood let your life do the translation.
By the way go have some mercy kissys it will brighten up your day.