Read an interesting
article about a woman's experience
with developing a 'disaster-prepared' mindset.
She asks:
"Could you prepare to be out of your home in sixty seconds? “Gone in Sixty Seconds” was a popular 1970’s movie about a desperate master thief who learned to steal a car within seconds. If a crook can learn to do it, then we can make it our goal to have enough prepared that we could flee at a moment’s notice."
Her heart for her family shines through as she tells the story of her wake-up call to create 'bug out bags' for every member, including the dog.
The title "Gone in 60 Seconds" also triggered for me mental images of recent news stories related to cataclysmic weather events: the earth scrubbed in a flash, whole huge areas of land decimated by what can only be described as 'acts of God'.
I find myself asking:
How do we prepare for a time when everything around us
is gone but our lives
have been spared?
There may be a time when the only 'backpacks' we have are in
the realm of the spirit,
and the only aid we can expect is supernatural
provision from our original Source.
I lift my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.
And immediately the father of the boy crying out, with tears
said:
I do believe, Lord: help my unbelief.
Just as a father has compassion on his children,
So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.
And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from
his glorious riches,
which have been given to us in Christ Jesus.
