Are you the Little Drummer Boy -When Love meets the Broken Hearted?

We trace the Little Drummer Boy to confront grief, anger, and hope in the days after Christmas. A simple drumbeat becomes a doorway to healing, showing how offering what we have invites joy back into a wounded heart.

• why the holidays reawaken pain and triggers
• Aaron’s journey from loss and rage to encounter
• exploitation, scarcity, and the hunger to be seen
• following the star as a metaphor for pursuing healing
• the power of humble gifts to change a life
• names and symbols that point to salvation
• scriptures on God’s pursuing, rescuing love
• trading bitterness for surrender and belonging
• practical encouragement to watch, listen, and open your heart

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Transcript

Warm Welcome And Post-Christmas Mood

Dina LaFargue Augustin 0:00

Greetings and welcome to the drip line where love and healing will flow into your soul. Tune in and take a listen. Come along this journey, allowing love and truth to permeate your entire being. Hopefully, the message shared this week will touch your heart, allowing you to move closer to your healing, making you more self-aware, and empowering you for your daily life, enabling you to live more prosperously and successfully. Well, it's a few days past Christmas Day. Or is it? Yes, Christmas has passed. Technically, Christmas has come and gone, but I really try to keep that warm, fuzzy feeling in my heart as long as I can. I love the Christmas season. Despite any ups and downs or traumas or triggers, I fight for that spirit of Christmas to dwell within me. And it may sound clicheish to say something like Christmas should be every day if we are living well, but we all know that Christmas time has its own flavor, its own special ambiance, even when it catches us by surprise by seemingly coming too soon, or by singing too commercial, or it's bringing forth bad memories. And that's where I want to start today. I'm going to share the story of the little drummer boy, the cartoon made so very long ago, but continues to move me since I was a little girl. In its own way, this almost forgotten Christmas story expresses and addresses why Christmas can be so painful for some, but is yet the season to be cherished and celebrated. Though some see it as a season to merely survive and overcome, it is still special. And to some, it's

Why Christmas Can Still Hurt

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still a season to hide from and overlook, but it's still also special. The little drummer boy points this out. The little drummer boy is a humble 30-minute Christmas story about a little orphan boy that encounters the baby Jesus and the presence of God, and as a result, whose life is changed forever and for the better. It is eloquently and unapologetically a story that celebrates the love and power of God. It demonstrates the transformative power of encountering Jesus. It poignantly expresses why Jesus came into this world without saying it verbatim. And

Enter The Little Drummer Boy

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it demonstrates how just one encounter with Him can change a life for the better. In my last podcast, I spoke about the pain that can cripple people and cause them to loathe the holiday. Hence, today I wanted to reiterate that pain and that the pain can be assuaged. The fear of facing the holidays can be dismantled. The dread of having to pretend that all is well or that you're okay can turn into a time of actual stability and peace if we only look to Christ. I touched on this in my last broadcast, but I know there are many of us out there that even though the day has passed, are still truly loathing this holiday season and are still really down, that are living in a real funk and are glad that the actual big day has passed. The Little Drummer Boy tells the story of a poor young boy named Aaron, whose life is marked by loss, anger, and hardship. You might already know the story, but I will give a quick summary anyway for those who do not or for those of us who need to be reminded. Aaron was a young Jewish boy who lived a peaceful and happy life with his parents on a farm with their livestock and three farm animals Samson the Donkey, Baba the Lamb, and Joshua the camel. Now on his birthday, Aaron's parents gave him a drum as a gift. This drum was special, and when Aaron played the drum, the sounds were

Aaron’s Loss And Hardening Heart

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so stirring that the animals would dance to the music. The drum was truly a special gift, and Aaron had a gift within himself. He and that drum made special music together. Tragically though, not long after his birthday, Aaron was orphaned. His parents were killed. He lost everything. His life changed for the worse in one swift act of evil. His parents were murdered right before his very eyes, and these murderous marauders stole all the livestock and burned his house to the ground, leaving Aaron with nothing. His parents were dead. And all that were left were the three little animals that escaped the melee. There was Samson the donkey, Baba, his little lamb, and Joshua the camel. Aaron no longer had a home. He no longer had his loving parents to nurture him. He had no family to run to. He lacked all form of support and sustenance and had to make do with what was left. He, himself, and the three little animals. And in translation, the names of those animals were significant. But I'll address that a little later. Those loving and loyal little animal friends became Aaron's family and his livelihood. So in passing and in time, Aaron did his best to survive, but yet he kept his distance as much as possible from all human contact and from developing any meaningful relationships. You see, Aaron hated everyone. His pain became his lifestyle. He lived in a constant state of bitterness and anger and heartbreak in poverty and in trauma. And Aaron decided that all humans were evil, like those who had murdered his family. He was very distrustful and felt that all humans were worthy of his hatred. Aaron did make a living though. He survived by playing his drum for willing audiences who also were entertained by his dancing animal friends, his family. And unwittingly, Aaron had been observed by an evil and greedy businessman who had his sights on him, who needed him for his own show to support his lifestyle. So this evil, greedy businessman set out to kidnap Aaron and to take his animals hostage for his own gain. Yes, Aaron was kidnapped, or should I say, trafficked for money. This greedy businessman forced Aaron and his animals to work for him, to enrich him in his greedy pockets. And ultimately, in the course of time, that man sold his beloved camel for money. The camel of Joshua was taken away by a caravan. But as Providence would have it, that caravan was the caravan of the wise men from the east known as the Magi, the mystic kings of the Orient, who were traveling from afar following the Christmas star of Bethlehem

Exploitation And The Camel Sold

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to see this newborn king. Yes, they had read the stars, and they had been prompted by God to follow the star that pointed towards salvation. Now, the businessman, in his ignorance, could have cared less about their journey and their intent and why they would want to buy that camel. This greedy businessman didn't care about their endeavors or the star or the prophecy that could even help and save him. Making money was his only goal. Hence, he sold off Aaron's camel, filling Aaron with more anger and hate than ever. Aaron wanted his beloved camel back, the one whose name means God saves or the Lord is salvation. So he tracked down the caravan of the Magi by following that same star. Listeners, you have to watch this cartoon, and you can find it on YouTube for free. It's a clear version, and if you read the transcript, I've put the link there. The Little Drummer Boy (1965 Version)

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Now, continuing, Aaron was relentless in his journey to catch up with that caravan, running as long and as hard as he could with his donkey Samson, whose Hebrew translation name means sun, the brightest of all shining stars, and the life force of the planet. And last but not least, his little lamb was left with him, who stayed close to Aaron, with his little legs doing his best to keep up. And his name in many cultures is spoken of as an enduring, respectful name for a person who's like a father figure. As Providence would have it in their journey to catch up with the caravan, these three little sojourners arrived in Bethlehem, following the crowd of shepherds that were also led to that manger by that same very star. And lo and behold, the Magi, the wise man, and his camel Joshua

Following The Star To Bethlehem

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were also there gazing upon the splendor of this newborn king, the baby Jesus. Now, tragedy would strike again. The little drummer boy Aaron was so excited that he had caught up with the Magi and that he saw that Joshua, the camel, was there with them, was so anxious to get to them that him and the donkey and the little lamb ran into the path of a chariot of horses racing through the street. The little lamb didn't make it. Baba was critically injured to the point of death. And Aaron, in his distress, runs to the wise men for help, but their magic and wisdom could not save little Baba. They tell Aaron, whose name by the way means exalted one or high mountain, said, go to the king. Go to this newborn king. Aaron felt helpless and almost hopeless. For Aaron had no gold, no frankincense or myrrh to bring. He had no gift. Yes, he saw the others laying gifts before this king, but he had no gift to offer. And he felt, what right do I have to look upon this king? What right do I have? I have nothing to give. Yet Erin could not resist the magnificence that he beheld before him. This newborn baby drew him in, and his lamb was laying there at the brink of death. But the sight he beheld captivated him. It overcame him. His love for his beloved Baba, this little lamb, needed saving, and the love that he felt welling in his heart could not be dismissed. As Aaron beheld the power of this encounter, he was moved to play his drum. The gift

Tragedy At The Chariot

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he was given by his parents. The gift that when he played moved those who could feel his soul and his spirit, the gift who moved the animals to dancing. The two, the baby Jesus and Aaron contemplated one another. Aaron began to play. His heart was overcome with humility and love. He was overcome with the knowledge of this baby Jesus. He was overcome with the power and was so moved to worship him from a pure heart to serve a worthy king with the only gift he had, and that was of himself. It was a gift that God had given him long ago. The gift that was in his heart that only God truly desired, that one true gift that came from the depth of Aaron's soul. So in a moment of need, in a moment of humility and sincerity, the little drummer boy Aaron offers the only thing he has: his music, his heart. He played his drum with his entire heart and soul, not for applause, but as an act of worship. And the baby Jesus smiled, affirming that Aaron's simple, heartfelt gift was received and treasured. And as Aaron played his heart out in the presence of this one true King, the one that will be the salvation of all mankind, as the two beheld one another, his little Baba, his little lamb, came to life. Needless to say, Aaron's heart was filled with joy. It was filled with the love of God. He was overcome with the joy, and he beheld his little lamb in the power and presence of this newborn king who would become the savior of the world.

The Only Gift Left To Give

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This story so powerfully reminds us that God is not impressed by wealth or status or title, but by a willing heart, a humble heart, a pure heart. The little drummer boy captures the essence of Christmas, that Christ came for the broken ones, for the overlooked and the humble. And that is what matters most. It is offering ourselves to him just as we are. All along, little Aaron had been surrounded by God's presence and didn't know it. Yes, he had Joshua the camel, whose name was representative of the powerful warrior of God in the Bible, whose name means God saves. He had his donkey, Samson, another warrior for God, whose name means sun, which is the brightest of all stars, and the light of the world. And then there was a helpless little lamb at the brink of death, who, like his name of endearment, also represents the loyal love of the Father who is everywhere and with us all at once, who loves us, his little lambs. Hence in the story we have a shepherd boy, Aaron, whose name means exalted, and a little lamb who walked together through thick and thin. In the Bible, the book of Zephaniah and chapter 13, verse 17 reads, The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness, he will quiet you by his love, he will exult over you with loud singing. Are you listening? God

Healing, Joy, And Transformation

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saves and will quiet your storms and will exult over you with great joy and gladness. We are those who need saving. All of us are in need of a shepherd that heals and delivers. We are the ones in need of a God who does not judge but loves us unconditionally. The living word, Jesus, came into this world as a human baby, lived as a man, and so became the Son of God who died for our sins. He gave his life for us so that we could live. And in this story of the little drummer boy, his little lamb was healed and brought to life, a parallel to Aaron's own healing and life, to Aaron's own salvation in Christ. Jesus is the good shepherd whose sheep will recognize his voice. Jesus calls us to himself, just as he drew little Aaron to himself. He lifted Aaron up where he was bowed down and upheld him in his fallen state. Jeremiah chapter 31, verse 3 reads, The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying, I have loved you with an everlasting love. I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. Yes, God draws us even when we can't recognize Him. God works in mysterious ways. And although tragedy and sorrow struck Aaron, although rage and anger filled Aaron with bitterness

Names And Symbols Point To Salvation

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and rage, it ultimately brought little Aaron into the knowledge of Christ, into the presence of his healing and transformative saving power, the saving power of the Lord God Almighty. Yes, the road may have seemed cruel and grueling to the point of death, but God saved not only the little lamb Baba, but he saved Aaron. Then remember the name that means exalted one. Yes, little Aaron was chasing after salvation and didn't know it. He was fighting for what was rightfully his all along. But it was God who was also really chasing after him the entire time. In the Gospel of Luke, chapter 15, verse 20, it reminds us of this love. It says, and he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion and ran and embraced him and kissed him. This verse exemplifies how, although we might turn away from God and turn away from his love and try to satisfy our own needs in the only way we know how, in our misguidedness, and what we think is worthwhile and worthy to be chased. No, the love of God is always there. God is always waiting for us to come back to him, to come back home. Our home is in him. It's not in a building, it's not in things. Our true home is in Christ. He comes for us, he chases after us, he will do anything to get our attention no matter what our condition or station in life. We are the lambs. We are Aaron. But yet in Christ, we are never orphans. John 14 states it, I will not leave you as orphans. I will come to you. Yes, Jesus saves. We can overcome the tragedies of life if we only gaze upon the beauty and power of Jesus Christ, if we only open our hearts to his

Scripture On God’s Pursuing Love

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love. We can have a new outlook on life, a new perspective on life, a new trajectory if we only allow the gift of light that God put in us, Jesus, the light of men, to fill us. The drum Aaron beheld was the heartbeat of God. It was life. The music he made expressed the heart of God. It brought life to those who heard the sound of God, the voice of God, who felt the love of God in it. Allow God to fill you with his presence and peace. His breath is in you. You are made in his image. His voice, his word, is the sound of love. It is the voice of salvation. In the Gospel of John chapter 15, Jesus says, As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commands and remain in his love. Verse eleven, I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead I have called you friends, for everything that I have learned from my Father have made known to you. Are you listening? Therefore, allow the love of God, his love, the gift of life, the gift of salvation to heal you in your brokenness, to save you in your despair, for he is the greatest gift of all. No, there is no greater gift than one who is a ride or die friend. No, there is

From Orphaned To Held By Christ

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no greater gift than the friend who will lay down his life for a friend. Jesus did that, and Jesus calls us his friends. Revelation chapter 3, verse 20 reads, Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him, and he with me. So chase after the Son of God, the light of mankind. Chase after him like Aaron chased after Joshua his camel. The camel belonged to Aaron, and Aaron ran after him as his life depended on it. Aaron chased after salvation. Jesus is also ours. Jesus belongs to us. He gave himself to us. So chase after God. Do not hide in anger, do not hide in rage or bitterness. The Lord God is ours to behold and ours to love and ours as family. He calls us his friend. We do not have to be perfect in him. We do not have to have titles or status for him to love us, to be accepted. He already does. It's automatic. It is perfect. Aaron gave of his heart. Aaron gave his gift that God had put in him. Not that Aaron earned anything. God poured it into him and gave it to him freely. And Aaron, as a result, poured out his heart, recognizing that love. He poured his heart out to God, and that is all God wants or requires of us. Our hearts. In closing, I want you to listen to the original soundtrack,

Choosing Love Over Bitterness

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The Little Drummer Boy. Yes, the song. I put the link here in the transcript. It is also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpltAtG6DHQ&t=50s

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Hear the words, feel the words, and contemplate the power of that encounter when Aaron encountered life. Watch the short little cartoon and give your heart to the Lord Jesus, believer i or not. Like Aaron, not in perfection, but with hope and with a desire for life in your heart. Come as you are, come to him and give your heart to him in the hope of his blessings and promises, which are yea and amen. As I reiterate Jeremiah chapter 9, chapter 29, he knows the plans that he has for you, and that is to give you hope and a future in him. He will carry your burden and lift your spirit and give you new life. Every day is a new day with him, and he will enable you to celebrate not only this holiday season, but in all seasons of life. Amen! So be blessed, be at peace, be in him, and be in love. And then , you will be healed and be filled with his joy. Truth drips!