Scary Baby [Christmas 2 - Matthew 2:1-12]
The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson Matthew 2:1-12 Scary Baby I too have been afraid because of a baby – but for reasons very unlike the king. All those times that now, in retrospect, after raising two babies, don’t seem scary at all, but in the moment did: When I was first alone with that tiny human, when my wife took a well-deserved first post-partum shower, and being a new dad became very real. It was just the two of us, in that bright, sterile hospital room – him clueless about the world, me clueless about parenthood. Of course, it was that very moment when that little baby decided to fill his diaper for the first time, which is, in itself, a scary scene, something right out of a horror movie. And I remember that anxiety I would feel when the baby monitor would begin to sound and his little form would begin to stir in his crib – Jen at a meeting miles away. I would spring into action; get the bottle warmer ready and pray tha...