At our little country on a cold Sunday night before Christmas, our small group of children did a pageant that surely ranked right up there with The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. The donkey got into a fight with the sheep, Joseph rocked out with an imaginary electric guitar to “Go Tell It on the Mountain; the star got sleepy and yawned during the whole song; Mary and the Littlest Angel belted the song in a style worthy of Broadway, and baby Jesus stole the show by hamming it up from the manger.

But they sang with such fervor and joy, this is surely what David meant when he wrote in Psalm 8: 1: “Through the praise of children and infants, You have established a stronghold against your enemies.”

I play piano for night services, and I chose Alfred Burt’s beautiful “Star Carol” for the prelude followed by Tom Fettke’s amazing “The Majesty and Glory of Your Name.” I also sang the second song while I played.  Fettke used Psalm 8 as inspiration.  In part, the lyrics say, “Little children praise you perfectly, and so would we, and so would we.”

This modest little pageant in a small country church illustrated those lyrics. The faith of children is a beautiful thing to see… and to use as inspiration for our own spiritual journey.

“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children you will never enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever welcomes one such little child in my name, welcomes me.”

                                                                              Matthew 18:2-5

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Peggy Webb, a native Mississippian, is an award winning, bestselling author with more than 100 novels in multiple genres. She is the mother of two, the grandmother of four, and an active participant in her church and her community. See her book list and follow her on Amazon.