I saw today’s featured video posted on another site and it seemed to fit over here as well. I haven’t seen this particular version in the past and I seem to remember the story with an ending that has the grasshopper dying – not saved? I was surprised to see that even back in 1934 there was an unrealistic bias? Also, did anyone catch that reference to the “Good Book”. It went something like – The good book says that God would provide, don’t worry… Sounds good and I agree that the Lord does provide for His people but it certainly isn’t His intention that we be off screwing around when we should be working… I always think of this verse, 2 Thessalonians 3:10 – “If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat”. Don’t start with me, I know that there is always a context but the idea is the same – work hard or don’t plan on prospering!

 

   I’ve had this Biblical reference brought to my attention on many occasions, I’d be surprised if you haven’t heard it to. While I’m a man of faith and have no doubt what so ever that God CAN drop food from the sky, I do doubt He’s going to… It’s my believe that these people that are banking on God coming to their rescue in the eleventh hour are skipping ahead to the last step – God providing for them… Last time I checked God used people to accomplish His will. “The Body of Christ” – Who are the people that God might use to extend His providence? Hmm, lets think here – I bet it might be those folks wise enough to prepare ahead of time. I feel fairly certain that people living in the richest nation on earth will be held to account why we weren’t able to set aside provision in the years of plenty… Think that could be possible?

 

   I digress, it isn’t my intent to use this blog as a soap box, per say but from time to time something will set me off – such is life!

 

 

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My apologises for the lateness of yesterdays post, as with everything in life – sometimes we hit technical difficulties… If you count on a computer to get your work done than you know that’s exactly what will refuse to operate properly when you need it most… When I finally got the post up around 11pm last night, I failed to check how it actually read on the site. Big mistake! I had cut and pasted some of my file notes  from my first attempt at this article series with the actual blog post, so some of you probably saw these and wondered what the heck… Now you know – “Prepper” ain’t no techy…

 

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   In parts 1 and 2 of this short series we have discussed the need to provide for our necessities, FOOD – WATER – SHELTER in the foundation level of our financial house. We’ve looked at why, architecturally, the pyramid is a good example of a long lasting structure with it’s wide base. If we build our financial house with the intent that it last our lifetimes, we will be prepared to both weather life’s struggles and also take advantage of life’s opportunities when they present themselves… 

 

   Today, lets look at what we can do to answer the second need, WATER… I know this one should have been first because without it there’s no problem in the food area, cause we’d be dead already… Anyway, water is another requirement that will be with us as long as there is an us… How can we provide this to ourselves without being dependant on outside input?

 

   The most ideal way would be owning our own water well. I know what your thinking! “That’s good for you because you have one but what about everyone else…”. You’re right since I have a well, this will be the primary source of water for me and mine but it won’t be the only source… In many locations wells aren’t even practical, aquifers can be so deep that it is all but impossible to bring up the water… So what else do we have to choose from?

 

   How about roof catchment? It does rain in almost every area of the country, even if it’s only seasonally. It doesn’t take much rain to accumulate many 1000′s of gallons of water. That is if you’re prepared to catch and then redirect it into a holding tank. Again, there’s an investment to get this system up and running but it doesn’t have to be unbearably large, even with high quality components.

 

   Another option would be surface water… Is there a creek running across your land? This water is also viable for a catchment system. Obviously, the catchment and redirection would require different system components but this is done regularly by folks fortunate enough to have this water asset on their property.

 

   Again, I’m not trying to get into great detail on how we’ll all get this accomplished, just that it needs to be addressed. If the water that we require for our daily needs is systematized and that system is owned by us, what do we have? I think you’ll see that we’ve created an asset that gives us freedom.

 

   With a system to provide our own water coupled to the food production system we discussed yesterday… We are well on our way to removing our dependence on the systems that society offers and most importantly – controls! We may elect to continue utilizing societies systems but we will always know in the back of our mind that we are CHOOSING this. We will maintain the ability to flip the switch and be independent from those systems at any point in the future we choose.

 

   So, we have 2 of the 3 basics covered, 1 more to go and we can choose freedom at any point after that. It sounds crazy to think that with an investment today, we can have these basics providing for us for the rest of our lives. I hope that you’re starting to see what each of us is capable of… Freedom to come and go as we wish, without the fear of tomorrow’s needs going un-met. Isn’t that why so many of us are working into our old age and all to often into our own graves, FEAR! Fear that if we don’t go to work we won’t have food for the table? Wake-up, what would you be doing with your time if you didn’t have to go punch that time clock 48-52 weeks every year? Do you think you might trade some of those hours for tending to your food production system out back? Watering that system with what you created in your water production system? THATS RIGHT – YOUR SYSTEMS! Think about it!

 

 

See ya tomorrow!

 

Prepper