Fun with Food

Mmmm, good. Have you noticed how children never seem to be bothered by licking their fingers, messy faces or goo all over their hands? On their first birthday, we shove a birthday cake in front of them and let them dive into it with their mouth, their hands, and eventually, it is everywhere. And then we stand back and take photos....and we laugh. No wonder kids think it's funny to be covered in goop and goo and icky stuff.

Now, as adults, we are much more refined in our eating--we have a napkin handy and dab at our mouth after every bite, making sure that not one morsel remains to be seen on our face. Unless, of course, you are carnivores who enjoy eating ribs, in which case your face is covered in goop and goo and icky stuff.

Now, who do you think has more fun eating?!

Okay, so maybe it's a toss-up. I guess it doesn't matter what age you are.

Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him. (Ecclesiastes 5:18, New International Version)