Your eagle mouth is saying something your mockingbird butt can’t do…Posted by Kara on August 26th, 2009
When Jim was talking a big game his dad used to say, “Your eagle mouth is saying something your mockingbird butt can’t do.” I think that saying fits this situation perfectly.
Our church put on a Family Fun Fest and our Bible study group was responsible for building a carnival-style booth. With only two weeks notice, we scoured the internet for creative ideas. Jim ran across a picture of a kid friendly catapult and emailed it to me. We both remarked about how cool it was…so I submitted it. Without any discussion. Our church thought it was a wonderful idea as well. So here we are, responsible for building a catapult that we have NO IDEA how to build. He wouldn’t have emailed it to me if he didn’t think it was a possibility, right? Wrong! Certainly there will be instructions on the omniscient internet. Wrong, again! I can Google how to shave a cat but the internet won’t tell me how to build a catapult?!
We went to Lowe’s in search of supplies armed with a picture of a catapult and what we could remember from our geometry and physics classes (which is NOT MUCH at all!) I prayed my way into Lowe’s, and I prayed my way out. I prayed the whole time we were building them, and I prayed they wouldn’t break during the festival. I think they turned out spectacular, and the kids had a great time! People even stopped by to take pictures of them! Our mockingbird butts got us out of the mess our eagle mouths created…this time!
