The little drunner boy

I want to live my best for Him, but I fail every day. I want to be in tune and on the beat, but I falter and fall on my face. The thought of Him smiling at me brings me to tears. Every time I hear the drummer boy song...well I feel His love for me. When it is sung "Mary smiled"...well it is like My own Mother being pleased with me. Every child wants to know that their Mother is pleased with them. This morning both of my kids made choices that frustrated me. I as a mother have to correct them, train them and find a way to always let them know I am pleased with them. It is hard when you have all your work undone by them and then more work created by thoughtlessness.
I guess that must be what it is like for God with us, With me. Yet He still finds ways to say that he is pleased with me. The greatest hurt is when the efforts we take go unnoticed. These can be deep wounds to the soul.
Lord help me to notice all of your efforts, and those of my children and all of the others around me.

"Drummer Boy"

Come they told me,
pa rum pum pum pum
A new born King to see,
pa rum pum pum pum
Our finest gifts we bring,
pa rum pum pum pum
To lay before the King,
pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum
So to honor Him,
pa rum pum pum pum
when we come.

Little Baby,
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, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum
Shall I play for you?
pa rum pum pum
on my drum.

Mary nodded,
pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time,
pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for Him,
pa rum pum pum
I played my best for Him,
pa rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum, rum pum pum pum
Then He smiled at me,
pa rum pum pum pum
me and my drum.

"Blessed are the pure in heart:
for they shall see God."
-- Matthew 5:8