Pa-Rum-Pum-Pum-Pum

Every year they do it.

It starts in October. They meet up on Friday nights or Saturdays or even Sundays after church.

The inevitable christmas pageant/production/play,etc.

Whatever your church calls it, they have one.

Joseph, Mary, Shepards & Wise Guys ---- 3 of each, the angel of the lord, a star.... you get it.

This morning I sat and watched the production at our church. It was cool. I mean, it was kids doing their best to stay attentive to the children's director kneeling in the front row trying to be the mirror of hand movements and lips moving.

And then, as I proudly watched my nephew perform his part, the spirit spoke...

"He's giving it all..."

Hmm...

I watched my nephew pay close attention to the director as she moved her hands and led his little group in their movements, words and gestures. But he stood out to me. He was trying his hardest. To be the best. They were all doing the same thing, but he wanted to be the best at it.

I started to hear that song in my head, "Pa rum pum pum pum, I am a poor boy too, Pa rum pum pum pum, I have no gift to bring, Pa rum pum pum pum, That's fit to give our King, Pa rum pum pum pum..."

And then my heart broke.

It's funny, cos my heart has not broken in the confines of a church building in a long time. But the damn thing broke. I finally got that stupid song.

We here it every year. If you live where I live then you are well aware that Black Friday is not just about shopping the day after Thanksgiving. It's also the day that KOSI 101 starts playing Christmas tunes non-stop. And I hear that song on there a lot. I go to the mall and hear that song. I go to Wal-Mart and hear that song. I walk in to Zumiez and hear the punk-rock version of that song. Pa rum pum pum pum! Pa rum pum pum pum! Pa rum pum pum pum!

And it just hit me this morning how powerful that song is. Obviously there was no drummer boy at Christ's birth. It's just a made up Christmas song. But its pretty profound really.

Just the thought.

I have nothing to offer God. I have nothing worthy of what Christ did.

But I'll make the best out of what I got. I'll do the best I can with what I've been givin.

I know how to love people. So I'll love people to the best of my ability.
I know how to give. So I'll give to the best of my ability.

I know how to walk. So I'll walk to the best of my ability.

I can sing. So I'll sing to the best of my ability.

I can dance, I can clap, I can type, I can play, I can punch, I can crawl, I can breath, I can sleep, I can fix it, I can can break it, I can throw it, I can plunge it....So I'll do it to the best of my ability.

Pa-Rum-Pum-Pum-Pum