I'm finally here! Yay!
We went our Stake conference evening session last night and there was a wonderful talk given by Bro Neilson ( our area Seventy , I believe) that touched on food storage and I wanted to briefly recount his examples on the matter.
His first example was when he was a Bishop and had 2 brothers call him. The first let him know of a family in need in his ward and a concern for them that hoped he could go right over and help them. The second Brother called to let him know of another family in need, but wanted him to know that with what they had on hand in their pantry and in food storage they thought that they could help this family out until the crisis was passed. The call was merely informational and the situation in hand. He appreciated the first call and was deeply impressed by the second...as was I.
He also bore testimony of the Saints down in Texas in the period following a recent hurricane. They brought out there camp stoves and food storage during the week long power outage in the area and fed their neighbors until the power was on and they were once again able to help themselves. "This is what it is for", he said, "This is what it is about". Meeting the needs of not only ourselves but those around us so that they can feel the Lord's love for them in meeting their most basic of needs.
He challenged us to be looking for these great opportunities in these trying economic times and to be a light to those around us in goodness and charity.
I know I've been grateful for our food storage. With Jeff still out of work we've dipped into our storage. Jeff is still of the mind set we're only going to eat it in an emergency. In my book when Mother Hubbards cupboard is bare it's an emergency!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the bunker! Food storage has been on my mind a lot lately...which usually means I need to do something about it.
ReplyDeleteYou never know when it might be useful....like when you break your arm and don't feel much like shopping.
I too agree that when the pantry is empty that constitutes an emergency.
ReplyDeletePlus, we should be rotating out some of the stuff in our storage otherwise it goes bad.