What Shall We Give?

I know the Christmas season has just ended, but obviously that doesn't mean that the spirit of Christmas should ever end.  If you have been around me the last few weeks you know that I have had the song "What shall we give?" stuck in my head.  I love this Christmas song.  It has a great message and an angelic sound.  I recommend listening to the MoTab rendition of this song if you are looking for a pick-me-up.  Here are the words to this song:

What shall we give to the babe in the manger,

What shall we offer the child in the stall?
Incense and spices and gold we've a-plenty-
Are these the gifts for the king of us all?
What shall we give to the boy in the temple,
What shall we offer the man by the sea?
Palms at his feet and hosannas uprising;
Are these for him who will carry the tree?
What shall we give to the lamb who was offered,
Rising the third day and shedding his love?
Tears for his mercy we'll weep at the manger,
Bathing the infant come down from above.

It really is a great question.  What shall we give to him who has everything?  To a much lesser degree, we have all struggled to find someone a Christmas gift because it just seems like that person has everything they need or want.  It might seem like there is nothing we can give that would be acceptable to him that created the universe.  In Mosiah 2:21 it read, "if ye should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants."  That seems rather discouraging.  It sounds like no matter what we give it won't be enough.  However, Christ himself said before he came to the Nephites in America, "ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit."  So the only thing that we can really give to the Lord is the only thing that we really possess.  Everything belongs to the Lord, except for our will and agency.  If we give him our whole soul as an offering we allow for the whole effect of his offering.