By Pastor Eric Mangek Ngum* (Intro and Editing by Innocent Chia)
The economic squeeze is real. In many more homes than at anytime in recorded recent history, families are making tough choices between want and need. Christmas trees are not only bare with ornaments, they are withered at the bottom with the quantity, and probably quality, of gifts. Even though many still utter wishes of “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Christmas”, there is brazen apprehension of tomorrow. Many families are pinching a penny here and stretching a dollar there to make ends meet, yet it still is not obvious that they will make it through the day. The Chiareport took these cares and concerns to Pastor Eric Mangek Ngum of Victory Baptist Church in Dekalb, Illinois and asked him to comfort us, you and me, in these trying times that we may continue to see hope where hopelessness is fast gaining ground.
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