Faith Filled Family Magazine December 2016 | Page 32

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

This Holiday Season
BY JOHN LYSAUGHT

ters. They were not fancy gifts,
but that we had something to
remember many times as a open on Christmas was a great
child waking up on Thanks- surprise to us and made our day
giving morning to hear a each Christmas for years.
knock at the door to find a couple grocery bags full of food and I am very thankful for those anona turkey when I cracked the door ymous people and organizations
open to keep the cold air from that gave to us, and many famicreeping into the already cold lies like us, those things average
house. I did not think we were families had without needing
poor and never understood why outside help. When I was able to
we had food left at our doorstep be in a position to help those in
until later in life, but the fact some need during the holiday season,
organization helped us was awe- our family has helped those in
some. For Christmas, the morn- need by either adopting a family,
ing of was the same added with volunteering our time, or giving
a bag of gifts for me and my sis- to Christian charities. We don’t

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just limit this to the holiday seasons either, we do this throughout the year to help those in
need with school supplies, birthday presents for families we
know, and have needy friends
over for meals. We are charged
in the Bible to be givers and to
help the needy and this is why
my family does this, as should all
Christians.
The holiday season seems to
be the zenith of charitable acts
by not only followers of Christ,
but by the secular society as
well. There is something about
the Thanksgiving and Christmas