God's stuff

Now that Nia is the sister two brothers, sharing tends to be a challenge at times. I have been trying to temper the "That's Mine!"'s with explanations like, "Nia, the Bible says that the earth belongs to the Lord and everything in it is His too."

So now these are pretty typical conversations in our home:

Conversation 1*************************************************************

ME:
Nia, eat your chicken nuggets.

NIA:
But mom, they're not MY chicken nuggets. They belong to God. Do you want me to eat God's chicken nuggets?

Conversation 2************************************************************

ME:
Nia, can you go get me one of Josiah's diapers?

NIA:
Mom, Josiah doesn't have any diapers. Do you want me to get one of God's diapers?

Conversation 3***********************************************************

ME:
Nia, please help Nico put on his seatbelt.

NIA:
You mean you want me to put God's seatbelt on Nico?

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The thing is, she's not being sassy-- she just wants me to know she gets it. (And she likes to point out that I have made a "mistake.")

Jeepers... why does everything have to be so difficult? :)