No Room

Luke 2:7

And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Last night, our church's Children Drama Team put on the play The First Leon. It's about a boy who keeps getting rejected for a part in the Christmas play, until he gets to be the understudy for the innkeeper. Then, when he is to do his line, "No Room.", Leon can't turn away Joseph and Mary. He tells them, "Here, you can have my room."

This story always makes me cry. The innocence of the child, that knows that Jesus deserves to be born under better conditions, the love that he has for others, and the wonderful story that we all can understand. You know how the story goes, Mary and Joseph are in a strange city and she is ready to give birth. Joseph frantically tries to find a place for her. All that is given to them is a stable, with the animals. Could you have turned this couple away?

Obviously, the innkeeper couldn't. He gave them all he had left. It wasn't much, but I am sure God blessed him in ways we can't imagine. What compassion he must have had for the young couple. I am sure most of us would have given anything to help them out.

Here is a song that my mom and her sisters sing that tells us that Christ had No Room:


No Room
Only a manger of hay
No Room
He is a stranger today
No Room
In His world turned away
No Room


No Room
Angels in Heaven up yonder
Watch when amazement and wonder
To see to Son of the Highest treated so
Treated so

No Room
Here in the hearts of mankind
No Room
No cheery welcome to find
No Room
Surely the world is blind
No Room
No Room