The Reason For the Season

Title: The Reason For the Season

Author: Ruth Andrews Garnes

Article:
No one gives away something for nothing these days. There always
seems to be a catch. This is our current thought process today,
even in this season of giving. Sometimes the deed of the
deceiver overshadows those of noble intention. Even when we
cannot see a clearly defined scheme, we believe in our hearts
that it is there. Is this because as a society we have become
people that look out for our sole interest? Have we become so
depraved we cannot decipher honesty, truth and love? We acquired
this way of thinking based on society's current trends. Only a
fool or a very naïve person would allow someone to rob them
twice. How many of us would take home a gangster and love him as
equally as much as our own children after he put a knife at our
throat? If by some miracle your life was spared, would you not
do whatever you could to get such a menace taken off the street?

On a regular day we do not even for a moment think about people
who make it their life long career to rob and steal. Yet I could
say we have become a cautious people. Consider the ratio of such
people in comparison to those that are honest? Which group out
number which? Do we care? Or are we allowing the minority to
influence the way we look at things as a whole? I would like to
hold fast to the belief that we are not going to allow our
thought process to be formed by the actions of a few. As the
most advanced civilization we should ask questions and seek to
find truth. This holds true even for the holidays we celebrate.
Why should we take on the mob mentality? I'd say question the
reason behind the things we celebrate as a world. Not because
the masses choose to go along with it, you should too.

The majority of the world will be celebrating the birth of a
child that was born to give us life, but what percentage of
those celebrating his birth knows this? How many of us seek to
know the real reason behind the celebration of Christmas? We are
taught that the giving of gifts symbolizes the gifts given Jesus
by the wise men, but are we aware that it goes beyond that? The
baby whose birth we will be celebrating was a sacrificial gift
given to man by God. Unlike a gangster, God will never hold us
captive or force us to accept his gift of life. He wants us to
freely choose to have life, the choice is ours. All we have to
do is believe and accept this gift, or choose to die in our
ignorance. Choose to open your gift this Christmas season. It is
too good to be true, but it is truth. It is yours for the
taking; seek to know the reason behind the season.

About the author:
Ruth Andrews Garnes was born in Belize the second of six
children. She moved to New York City at age eighteen. After
studying nursing she worked in the emergency room in Bellevue
Hospital. She currently resides with her husband and seven
children in the Houston Texas area. Having always had a heart
for hurting children she adopted four sisters. Through her
writings she hopes to be able to make a difference to hurting
children everywhere by giving