A Well Prepared Home

Used with permission by Suzanne Gill

Never in my lifetime has the future of young families seemed so challenging and uncertain.  In light of all the uncertainties, I would like to encourage you to be as the Proverbs 31 woman who watches diligently over the ways of her household.  Part of that is providing food for her home.  Food that is not just convenient but strengthens the body and nourishes them for their health's sakes.  I know what a challenge that is when your are rushed here and there for activities that are all very important.

But I would like you to consider that she is also prepared for the 'winter' season.  That can mean more than the 'cold' season.  It could mean any type of change or emergency situation.  I would like to encourage you to create a well prepared home.
 

• Stock one to three months of food items.  Have a food source that can reproduce if there is a long term shortage (chickens, rabbits, ...).
• Make sure you have a complete first aid kit.  Your kit should enable you to weather a storm, should you be unable to get to a doctor or hospital right away.  Know first aid essentials.  Learn how to make silver, which is a natural antibiotic.
• Have a clean water source that will work in your circumstances, whether filtered water, a hand pump well, rain barrel, etc.

All this may seem just too overwhelming to some and others may be stocked to the hilt.  Remember we are to watch over our households and Jesus Christ has promised to lead us and guide us in all truth.  Prayerfully go about your preparations.  Begin somewhere and keep at it until you have peace that you have done what you are able to do, and trust Him.
 

¹⁶ She considers a field and buys it; From her profits she plants a vineyard. ¹⁷ She girds herself with strength, And strengthens her arms. ¹⁸ She perceives that her merchandise is good, And her lamp does not go out by night.
 

Proverbs 31:16-18 (NKJV)
 

Suzanne Gill holds degrees in Family, Child and Consumer Science and in Child Development from Florida State University.  She is the mother of four and grandmother of eleven.