The Christian HomeKeeper and The 21st Century HomeKeeper

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Sharing a little of my heart …..

Its so important today more than ever in the past 50 years to know how to do things for yourself, to know how to cook, clean and make things for your family.

Not because it makes you a super-mom or super-wife, not because it makes you better than others. But simply because it can give you a head start if/when the US economy gets really, really bad or if you or your husband loses a job, an illness hits or other personal emergency.

No one likes to talk about bad things happening. But the Bible tells us over and over again to be ready for life’s eventualities. Its not “if” something difficult will happen, its “when”. So I don’t want to harp on bad things happening, but I do think its important to acknowledge that they will in all our lives.

Are you ready to cook over a fire or grill 100% of the time? Are you gardening? Putting up food instead of relying on the ‘just-in-time’ grocery store? Do you know how to mend clothing instead of pitching it and buying new? Do you know how to to keep your home clean without chemicals? Do you and your family know how to ‘make do’ and be content?

My desire is to offer you anything I know that could help you and has been for the past 15 years online. If I can help you in some way I haven’t addressed, just ask. If I don’t know, I’ll try to help you find out!

Will the economy get really, really bad?  I don’t have any way of knowing that, neither do you. However,  leading economists and people who have a good track record predicting turn-downs and recessions seem to think it is likely that it will.

Bad economic times aren’t new to this country, but they are new to most of us alive today and under the age of 75 years so it can be intimidating to think about it or read about it.  But I think we have to come on out of our hiding places and face the possibilities of economic hardships whether caused by a job loss, poor health or other more global factors.

Don’t worry, don’t panic, don’t stress. Do your best to prepare your family for hard economic times, be obedient and a good servant to the LORD, rely on Him. Help others, be a light and a beacon, be of good cheer! Consider any economic hardship that comes to be a challenge to your know-how and a challenge to grow in your spiritual walk.

*…fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10*

Are you preparing? What are you doing to prepare?  What are your thoughts about economic hardships?