Why should we store?

As I mentioned before Latter Day Saint (LDS) leaders have been teaching us for many many years that we should have food storage. In fact the teachings to store food comes from as far back as Bible times. However the reasons for storing food have changed depending on the circumstances of the population at the time.
These days we are told to store food for two distinct reasons.

Times of disaster

I don't know about you but I have noticed an alarming increase in natural disasters in the last 5 or so years.Now whether you believe it is because we are causing too much strain on our world, bible prophesy or the fact that a disaster now impacts so many more people because of our population size, the outcome will be the same. What I do know is that I want to be able to take care of my family if at all possible.

Now obviously there will be some disasters that will not allow us to stay in our homes and use our storage and in those cases we should have 3 day packs (mobile emergency storage) I will fill you in on these at a later date. But if we are able to stay in our homes we may need to sustain ourselves for a length of time before either help arrives or we are again able to access supplies. Some information about the Bird Flu shows us that if it was to strike we would be isolated in our homes for a number of weeks maybe even months with no access to work,money or supplies. I know I wouldn't want to put my family at risk of infection because I was not prepared.


Many times when disasters strike elsewhere we are inevitably effected. Transport trucks may be unable to get through or water and electricity may be compromised.The price of a certain food or availability of a product may be effected if the disaster happened in the country or place it is manufactured. This all has an impact on us.With the ever increasing cost of food buying extra and storing means you have a choice when to buy food and may be able to ride out a price increase using your own supplies and only purchase again when (if) things return to normal. These are the times that our storage will be an asset.


Times of hardship

There have been a number of times when my family and families close to me have had to use their food storage because of times of hardship. Whether because of a loss of a job, unexpected bills or medical circumstances food storage can mean the difference between succeeding and failing.When you remove the fear of going without food your efforts can be put into more lucrative endevours such as job hunting or recuperation.

In times such as those described above it is also very important to have a storage of money. How you keep it is your business but having that little bit saved away for a rainy day can be a real blessing. As with food storage start small and watch it grow.

People store food for their own personal reasons, mine are because a) I have been counseled to do so and b) because I have a responsibility to my family to keep food in their stomachs. I do not want to rely on others or the government in times of need. We all saw what happened in New Orleans. Now imagine what a difference it would have made it families were able to take some supplies with them or for those who were still able to live in their homes, stay put and safe until help came.
It just makes sense to me to be prepared...what about you?