DH and I were watching Glenn Beck tonight. He was talking about the inflation in the 70s from the FED printing money. Back then they printed 13% increase in money to cover the "need". The inflation rate went up to 20%. Recently the FED has printed a 120% increase in money. So what would the inflation rate be?
The only way he can see that has happened in the past to cover our debt would be through transfer of government-owned property. The Chinese would own our country.
So we started talking about stocking up on our food supplies a bit. And then we started looking online. There is a huge industry out there of freeze-dried and dehydrated foods. But for a family of four, for a 3-month supply of freeze-dried food, you could be looking at $3000+. The food has a 30 year shelf-life.
I asked if I need to start shopping clearance racks for larger sizes so the kids would have something to wear. I'm not talking a whole wardrobe, but a couple items in every other size?
Our biggest concern is always my son's insulin and diabetic needs. Those are items that cannot be stock piled.
We realize that we cannot make it without faith in God to supply our needs. But where is the line between personal responsibility and faith? We would like to think that the Rapture would happen before we would need to worry about any of this, but Scripture doesn't give us that reassurance.
Does your family have a disaster plan? If so, what is it?
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We don't have a disaster plan as such, but this is something we've talked about a lot. There has been a lot of doomsday-type talk online, especially around the election and the worsening of the recession, and I tend to get fearful really quickly. Luke, on the other hand, is not.
For us, we've decided it's more about our attitude than what we actually do. If we stock up out of a spirit of fear, then that's wrong no matter how much or how little we stockpile. If we stock up because we're feeling a nudging of the Holy Spirit to do so, then that's not wrong. Ultimately, as Luke says, it is impossible to prepare completely for any length of time, and it comes down to believing that God will supply all our needs according to His riches in glory.
We haven't been stocking up. Rather, our focus tends to be learning as much as we can to be self-sufficient - gardening, sewing, herbal medicine, and so on. Again, this isn't going to "save" us if something happens, but it's the way the Holy Spirit has been nudging us.
I've lived through many doomsday headlines. It would make too long a list to go through the past decades. Wouldn't you know, the earth continued to turn just as it has since God started it on its way.
Jesus told us in Matthew 6 that God will care for His own and the chapter includes: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
(Matthew 6:33 KJV)
So -- keep close to Him and heed that final verse: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
(Matthew 6:34 KJV)
That does not mean waiting in a tent for manna to fall. Planting a garden is good for the whole family. Teaching self-sufficiency is, too.
We are promised no more on earth than this: But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. (Luke 12:7 KJV)
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