October 20

OT -- Jeremiah 35:1-36:32
Having read in the commentary that Jeremiah's original scroll was burnt, I thought I was prepared. But when it actually happened, I felt utterly sick.
In today's world, we have AutoSave on our computers. Cole actually writes his papers on my computer, emails a copy to himself and then prints them out at school. That way, he is never without a copy.
But when I came through school, whiteout had just been invented and we still used carbon paper.
Once, when I was in the tenth grade, I had a horrible English teacher who ADORED Huckleberry Finn. She read all sorts of stuff into the story and to this day, I cannot read the book without thinking ill thoughts about her. She assigned a term paper about Huck Finn. I wrote 2. One which I knew was the one she wanted with all the literary nonsense and allusion crap and the other a distinctly negative critique of Mark Twain's critics with all their 'insights' into his writing.
I had typed both of them; my brother came into my room and was proofreading them. When he realized what I had done, he ripped up the negative one and proceeded to yell at me about how I knew what she wanted and I should do it and quit being such a jerk. In my world, there were no copies. Cole and Matthew do not understand what Alfred did because they've never had to rewrite, much less re-type on a manual typewriter with no backspace correction.
So, I can really sympathize with Jeremiah. The work he and Baruch put into that scroll. It is mind-boggling. And even if you re-write, there is always the stuff that you either a)left out or b)didn't explain as well as you did on your first brilliant attempt.

Proverbs 25:25-27
Yesterday we had the proverb about the man who is better off living on the corner of the roof instead of with a woman who is quarrelsome. This is the second or third time for that one.
Today, we have another one about eating too much honey. Now, I ask you, how much honey can you eat? I have a distinct sweet tooth. But really, two spoonfuls of honey and I think I am going to be ill. There must be some back story on this proverb. After all, we don't have a proverb about eating too much bread or meat. Why honey?