Lessons from Babysitting.... oh how there are many!

Yesterday, Kailee and I babysat our friends baby girl. It was nice having a little one around the house, watching her smile and coo. Kailee enjoyed the highlights of parenthood, feeding and pushing the stroller (pictures below). She was a big helper during the day keeping baby happy. :) 
I forgot how much work it was just to leave the house with a baby. As I walked out of the house with the car seat and two bags hanging from my shoulders knocking into my children with them, neither of them asked if they could help. I thought to myself, "Wow my children are so selfish! How could they not see me struggling and want to help?" They were focused on the things they had to do to get out of the house.
This reminded me of how consumed I get with my own schedule that I also don't seek to help others around me. And all around me there are young parents who need a break, a rest from all of the busyness of parenthood. I need the Lord's help to take my eyes off of me. I don't have the ability within myself to not be selfish. It is only by the Spirit of God that my heart can choose others instead. The world tells me to mind my own business and to do the things that I want to get done. But God in His Word says "Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others." ~Philippians 2:3-4