If you are struggling with pride and need a deep sense of humility in your life then you may want to consider learning and practicing a new language. Language learning is difficult and filled with mistakes and mishaps. One such mishap came recently as our family was invited to go to a carnival with another family from our church.
As we were walking along talking with the family there was a
man holding a very, very small dog. When Gayle saw the unusually small dog she remarked, "Je pourrais mettre ce chien dans ma bouche." Her structure was perfect, her pronunciation was great, but there was a bit of a problem.What she wanted to say was that she could put the dog in her pocket. The only problem was that instead of saying "poche" which is French for "my pocket," she used "ma bouche" which unfortunately means "my mouth." And in any language that tends to come off a bit odd!
Everyone, including the owner of the dog who overhead her, got a great laugh and we were reminded that it takes over a million mistakes before you can learn a language. Thankfully we are getting close!
I love it. However, I do the same thing in my native language. My brain and mouth aren't always on the same page. LOL! Love you guys.
ReplyDeletebetter to blunder on earthly matters than the assignments of the LORD! practice makes perfect.... study hard and love learning love you and miss you terribly...the helms clan
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