Several years ago, budget cuts cost me a great job. I had a salary, great benefits, and my wife and I, kidless at the time, had plenty of money and time to enjoy the so-called “good life.” But then it was gone. Within a few weeks, we watched our bank account slip closer and closer to the red.
As we pass eleven months of a worldwide pandemic, perhaps you’re in a similar boat. Maybe you’ve been furloughed or laid off, and there’s this thing on your calendar staring a hole through your soul: Christmas! The day we celebrate God giving us our Savior, Jesus Christ.