I sit in the living room watching two precious nine-month-old girls sleep.
I started this nanny job on Monday and I have loved almost every minute of it. I don't mind the dirty diapers, to getting baby slime on my face, or even having my hair pulled, truly.
It does get a bit stressful when both twins decide to scream at the same moment, and they aren't tired, aren't hungry and don't have dirty diapers. Then, I'm at a loss. But for the most, part, this job has been a delight. All 3 days of it.
I'll let you know how I feel about in about 3 months, okay?
One of the things I noticed yesterday was this.
These little girls mostly play in the living room. There is an area rug and a play mat and a bunch of toys. Not too many, but a good number. The girls, having just started to crawl, pretty much stay in this one room. There must be at least 20 different toys sitting in this living room, but somehow, they both seem to constantly want what the other has. Little E might be chewing on a toy, but M has no problem crawling over and taking it straight out of her hand to chew on it herself. Clearly, while they don't mind sharing spit, they do mind sharing toys, as E begins to wail and M sits and stares at her, all the while sucking happily on E's toy.
Oh, little girls.
How sin permeates this world, even little one's that can't even talk yet! Selfishness, greed, envy...it seems hard to put such mean words on two "innocent" children. Surely, these actions are just foolish unawareness. But E's reaction, her crying demands that "her" toy be returned to her seem to say different.
We're all born into sin. Scripture says that we are born sinners: Psalm 51:5 says that we all come into the world as sinners: "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me."
Born into sin, we continue in it, set free only through the redeeming work of Christ. And only by the power of the Spirit are we able to live free of the heavy bonds of sin.
I pray that these two little girls might come to know this God, to understand his saving grace and be set free from the chains and consequences of sin.
I pray that we might be more grateful today and more thankful, for the saving work of Jesus in our life and for the presence of the Spirit within us.
