tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post4333705966245544685..comments2024-01-27T15:21:25.414-07:00Comments on Call Her Blessed: MiscellanyDaiquirihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040557437955969295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post-19287256341292708712008-11-19T10:57:00.000-07:002008-11-19T10:57:00.000-07:00With your relative, remember that you can't offend...With your relative, remember that you can't offend someone INTO hell, can you? I mean, she might, possibly, be offended by your approach and even get angry, but even if she isn't a believer, or thinks she is but hasn't ever given her heart to the Lord, chances are that she'll just think you're sweet and quaint for wanting to talk about it, rather than angry. There's a better chance, in my opinion, that there's never been a time like the present to bring something like this up. I'm sure she's frightened, at least a little bit, about the prospect of death and can't help but be open to such discussions, even if you don't agree. But laying all of her possible reactions aside, can you afford to go on having NOT had this talk with her? If the Lord is laying it on your heart to bring it up, there's a reason for it.<BR/><BR/>About food storage...for the past year or so nearly everyone I know, my LDS family and close evangelical friends, have all been feeling this pull to be more prepared, more self sufficient, less dependant on the status quo. I've seen a remarkable push to 1. get out of debt, 2. save more money, 3. build up a food storage supply, 4. return to more old fashioned ways of doing things, like making our own bread, grinding our own wheat, having a garden, etc. The amazing thing is that nobody has really talked about it much, and it certainly hasn't been organized, and yet everywhere I turn, I've seen it. We've been obsessed with those things for at least a year now and to see the things around us developing the way they are, it feels a little prophetic.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13691743086086458100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post-40160385312430972832008-11-18T23:50:00.000-07:002008-11-18T23:50:00.000-07:00Food storage... Civil War... Weapons stockpiling??...Food storage... Civil War... Weapons stockpiling??? What kind of crazies are you hanging out with???? Oh --- wait --- that's me! ;) Although I'd be more concerned with civil collapse due to economic collapse than outright civil war (although I don't discount that that's possible too).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11373444438953580113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post-46568020217788352872008-11-18T21:27:00.000-07:002008-11-18T21:27:00.000-07:00Hi Daiquiri,Read about your aunt's situation and I...Hi Daiquiri,<BR/><BR/>Read about your aunt's situation and I have some friends close to me that I feel like I need to talk to as well. It was recommended to go look at two places so I'll just pass them on to you. They are more for you than what to say to the person. www.pelministries.org is one and you look at the book/resource download link. The other is how the "Way of the Master" uses the 10 commandments to help those "good" people realize their wretchedness and need for repentence. www.wayofthemaster.comJanelle Stollfushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796206896318080753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3648926369091231553.post-31784643247227227262008-11-18T19:55:00.000-07:002008-11-18T19:55:00.000-07:00"Oh Lord, give me a more gentle and loving voice w..."Oh Lord, give me a more gentle and loving voice when I'm speaking your Truth!"<BR/><BR/>Daiquiri, I think that too sometimes. I've been thinking about that recently. I know what you mean. Sometimes I feel like the way I respond doesn't help. I hope to add and not detract. When things don't go well, I often think "Is it I, Lord?"<BR/><BR/>That funny that you mentioned food storage, because I thought about that the past week or so. We have always tried to have nominally a one year supply of food, but it had dwindled down. I have felt a growing impression that I need to get it back up and going again. So, I did an inventory recently and made a list of what we need to get. Not panic buying, just systematically being prepared. There are all kinds of scenarios where food storage can help your family. Being as self-sufficient as possible is good, then we can leave the rest up to the Lord.ldsneighborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132886762512250895noreply@blogger.com