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Times are tough all over. So many people are having difficulty making ends meet. Heck, I'm having a very rough time myself. Somehow, though, the Lord has always blessed us with enough to eat and with shelter.
It's after Christmas now and at the food bank the cupboards are nearly bare again. For a long time, everytime I go to the grocery store, anything I'm stocking up on, I spend an extra $2 on the item (assuming it's non-perishable) to put in the bin that goes to the food bank.
If there is no good stock-up item, I get one pack of spaghetti and a can of sauce. That is a meal - maybe not the most gourmet meal in the world, but food on the table, for a small hungry family. Even through my darkest days of unemployment and depression, while the house was being foreclosed on, when I was rolling change to buy gas, I've been able to put a spaghetti dinner in the collection bin at the grocery store almost every week.
I know it isn't much. But I also know how terrifying it is to wonder how I'm going to feed the kids. By God's grace I've always been able to do so without needing to go to the food bank, but it's certainly been close.
I just ask that we all remember - people get hungry at times other than Christmas, when all the food drives occur. A $2 spaghetti dinner means a lot to many people in North America these days. Do what you can to help.
It's after Christmas now and at the food bank the cupboards are nearly bare again. For a long time, everytime I go to the grocery store, anything I'm stocking up on, I spend an extra $2 on the item (assuming it's non-perishable) to put in the bin that goes to the food bank.
If there is no good stock-up item, I get one pack of spaghetti and a can of sauce. That is a meal - maybe not the most gourmet meal in the world, but food on the table, for a small hungry family. Even through my darkest days of unemployment and depression, while the house was being foreclosed on, when I was rolling change to buy gas, I've been able to put a spaghetti dinner in the collection bin at the grocery store almost every week.
I know it isn't much. But I also know how terrifying it is to wonder how I'm going to feed the kids. By God's grace I've always been able to do so without needing to go to the food bank, but it's certainly been close.
I just ask that we all remember - people get hungry at times other than Christmas, when all the food drives occur. A $2 spaghetti dinner means a lot to many people in North America these days. Do what you can to help.