By Norm Barnhart

Based on Jeremiah 15:16

This is a fun skit for a couple clowns or for one clown with a couple children helping. You would have to coach the children a bit before the presentation but their roll is very simple. I saw our pastor do something with rice paper years ago and though of adding some clowning around to this object lesson. You’ll need two sheets of rice paper and you can use food coloring to write “God’s words.”

In Jeremiah 15:16 it says “Your words were found and I ate them, and Your words became for me a joy and a delight of my heart.”

Clown #1 enters and talks about people wanting and needing joy and delight in their hearts. The funny person then goes on to say, “there was a King who once discovered God’s words and put them in the center of his life and it brought him joy and delight.”

Clown #1 holds up sheets of paper, (actually it is rice paper) and hands them to Clown #2 or the children assistants. Clown #2 is asked to hold them up for the demonstration. Clown #1 states, “before the King found god’s words, he was in distress, very sad and troubled.”

Clown #1 continues, to read the above scripture. As the clown is reading, Clown #2 hears the part about eating God’s word and begins to eat what looks like a sheet of paper (actually rice paper). Clown #2 hesitates at first, takes a nibble, then more and finds it quite tasty. Lots of mugging and comic faces add fun here as the “paper” is gulped down . Clown #2 does not realize what is going on, the kids will say, look over there, etc. but Clown #1 will look in wrong place, etc..

Clown #1 notices what is going on. “Nooooooo! Don’t eat that!” The two go back and forth about eating the paper. Clown #1 explains, “the King took nourishment from the words of God, he took in all the things he learned from the scripture, he put God at the center of his life but he didn’t really EAT the scrolls!   He was just using an expression of speech.”

Clown #2 – “I got joy and delight from eating this paper, because it wasn’t regular paper, it was rice paper that people use in cooking and it’s really quite tasty!”

Clown #1 Frustrated, turns to audience and says, “Kids we can be like that King from Jeremiah’s time. We can have joy and delight when we read the scripture and put it into our heart and let God guide our lives. That will give us true joy and delight.”

Clown #1 “I suppose I should go brush my teeth now.” Out comes the giant tooth brush as they wave good bye.

Norm is a full time entertainer who enjoys making people laugh.

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