As the price of gas (and consequently food) continues to rise, I find myself thinking of President Hinckley’s address in General Conference just weeks after September 11. He said that while he was optimistic and did not intend to be a prophet of doom, he could not “forget the great lesson of Pharaoh’s dream of the [seven] fat and [seven] lean kine.” He reminded the saints of repeated counsel to be thrifty, avoid debt, and have food storage.
Seven years later, as costs are rising and our country is sliding into a recession, I am grateful that we have heeded prophetic counsel to pay off our car, maintain some savings, and build up our food storage. While those things may not mean the difference between life and death for us, they may allow us to breathe a little easier if times get tougher.
Of course, President Hinckley concluded his talk by emphasizing that "safety lies in repentance [and] strength comes of obedience to the commandments of God." In any situation, temporal preparation is important but spiritual preparation (which encompasses temporal) is even more vital. Ultimately, it is the only thing that matters.
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What's funny is I do have a backpack ready for each person, and we have all of our camping stuff which we use all the time, we have our food storage, and we are working on the water storage and the garden, but when we saw Cloverfield, Alex and I thought of all the things that we wouldn't be able to take carry or have in a emergency like that. (Not that an alien or creature will come after us), but in an earthquake everyone is going to be trying to get away from falling and crumbling buildings and streets. You won't be able to drive your car, and the backpacks are too heavy to carry trying to run a long distance, and pulling a rolling bin would just get destroyed from the crowd of people and the lid would fall off and the contents would come out. They are coming out with really thin hiking backpacks and really small camping supplies for them, but we just thought it was interesting, that unless your house stays sort of together you won't be able to stay at your house with all the things you need.
We really work on the spiritual aspect because if we definitely are not in the spirit we will not know what to do at a moments rush.
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