Merry Christmas!
I still recall the moment that I first heard the song, We are the Reason, by David Meece. I was an RA at West Virginia University, and two of my residents invited me to their room and played the song for me.
As I listened, I was deeply touched, and I’m not sure that they knew at that moment that it was the first contemporary Christian song I had ever heard. For that reason, it holds an extremely special place in my life.
Although I have loved music since childhood, and learned to play the piano, and later, sang in a choir in middle school, We are the Reason was the song that opened the floodgates.
It was the song that matched my new focus and passion in life - God.
The lyrics to the song are:
As little children, we would dream of Christmas morn
And all the gifts and toys, we knew we'd find
But we never realized, a Baby born one blessed night
Gave us the greatest gift of our lives
We were the reason that He gave His life
We were the reason that He suffered and died
To a world that was lost, He gave all He could give
To show us the reason to live
As the years went by, we learned more about gifts
And giving of ourselves, and what that means
On a dark and cloudy day, a Man hung crying in the rain
Because of love, because of love
And we were the reason that He gave His life
We were the reason that He suffered and died
To a world that was lost, He gave all He could give
To show us the reason to live
I finally found the reason for living
It's in giving every part of my heart to Him
In all that I do, every word that I say
I'll be giving my all just for Him, for him
And we are the reason that He gave His life
We are the reason that He suffered and died
To a world that was lost, He gave all He could give
To show us the reason to live
He is our reason to live
Wow, David Meece nailed it. Please take a moment today to listen to this song that has come to mean so much to me, as it is my favorite Christmas song.
I was and remain thankful to God, for the song, and the reality it proclaims, that We are the reason.
May God bless you with a wonderful Christmas eve!