My father-in-law lived through WWII Germany and the horrendous depression that followed. He vowed neither he nor his family would EVER be hungry again. He expected everyone in his family to follow Jesus, be able to raise a garden, and keep a stockpile of food on hand at all times. Every time he came to my house, he would inspect my garden and my food stores, sometimes commenting that one or the other needed to be improved, and always reminding me to seek first the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added unto us.
When everyone started getting worried about food and supplies, I was able to go out and get "fun stuff" - buttermilk and currants for Irish soda bread. Stuff we didn't need, but wanted to have for our St. Patrick's Day celebration.
May I encourage you, after this craziness is over, to start a stockpile? It doesn't have to be much - just buy an extra one or two things (preferably on sale or clearance) every time you go shopping. It's a wonderful buffer for the unexpectedness of life.
More importantly, I'd also like to encourage you to follow Jesus. When you know the end of the story (Jesus wins!), it is so much easier to relax when the rest of the world is going nuts.
Our world started as a perfect, beautiful place that we humans were to be in charge of (under the rule of God, of course). But, we, being as we are, decided that we could run things a whole lot better than God. We obviously can't - look around. God will only allow this to go on so long. After all, it's His world. So He sent His Son to live the life we could not live (a perfect one) and die the death we could not die (we do NOT want to go to hell). So we have a choice - follow Jesus and live forever with Him in heaven...or not. Make the wise choice. 💗
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