In the Christmas Carol “Little Drummer Boy” a young lad wants to bring his best gift for baby Jesus, but feels he has nothing to bring because he is poor.  Then it dawns on him that he could play his drums for the Christ Child as his gift.  (Words and music to this song were written by Katherine K. Davis, Henry Onorati, and Harry Simeone, 1958). There is a lot of repetition in the “rum pa pums”,  but they give the effect of the boy playing.

“Our finest gift we bring, pa rum pa pum pum, to lay before the King, pa rum pa pum pum….I played my drum for Him, pa rum pa pum pum.  I played my best for Him, pa rum pa pum pum.  Then He smiled at me, pa rum pa pum pum, me and my drum.

(My version)…I played my drum for Him, pa rum pa pum pum”.  Then He looked up at me and said,”Let’s try something else!”

The key is that we would each use our own best gifts to glorify God.  What is it that God has created in me, in you, that God wants to use to meet the needs of the world?  We become the vessels for the work of God’s Spirit. It is then that we truly are the best we can be!

I saw this prayer on the wall of my doctor’s office. It beautifully expresses the passion of someone who is living out the calling of their best gifts to be used by God.

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Pondering…

What do you think are your best gifts?

How could you give something of yourself this Christmas?