Can you imagine the weight the Little Drummer Boy felt when he was asked by the earthly Magi Kings to come play for the Eternal King? The small boy, likely with a beaten up drum and dirty feet, had been asked by far-away Kings to come play for the King of Heaven. The boy probably felt inadequate. Not worthy. Afraid.

But he did it anyway. To his best and fullest.

Although I desire to make room, I never want to be like the Innkeeper. He opened the door only to say his home was full. He turned away our Savior. He turned away grace itself. He pointed them to a dirty, second happen-stance place for the night. Animals. Dirty. Chilled.

Ever had an extremely hard situation you've walked through? You know, the one you'd rather totally block out for the rest of your life?

In that moment, I realized I had asked that question to God in anger, but never had really wanted to get an answer until then. And at that very moment, God put the answer into my heart.

It wasn't "done" to me. I was SELECTED for it.