17 April 2008
Why Don’t We Prepare?
Posted by Terrie Soberg under: Emergency Preparation .
I found this article on Meridian Magazine by Carolyn Nicolaysen, owner of TotallyReady.com. I am not sure how many witnesses we need, but here is another one. I have only included part of the entire article, so read the rest by clicking the link at the bottom.
Recently, we took our grandchildren to see the movie Horton Hears a Who. Truthfully, I was not looking forward to it because so many of the Dr. Seuss books have been ruined by the Big Screen. However, I have not stopped thinking about it since.
Horton is happily playing in his own world when all of a sudden he thinks he hears a call for help. Then again, he hears someone calling out. It is a faint, small voice. Those in his world always say to him, “If you can’t see it or hear it or touch it, it doesn’t exist.” Over and over again he is told, “If you can’t see it or hear it or touch it, it doesn’t exist. So don’t talk about it, or people will think you are crazy.”
But Horton is not deterred. Even when his best friend fails to believe him, he stands by what he heard, and won’t — no, he can’t deny it.
Horton finally makes contact with the small voice, who is the mayor of the tiny town of Whoville, a small world of people who live on a small speck of dust in Horton’s world, that has been tossed into the atmosphere and is now unprotected. Horton must help them!
The mayor also realizes they are in grave danger, and warns the people of Whoville to prepare and seek shelter. The city council, like the citizens of Whoville, cannot see the danger, and tell the people, “Nothing bad has ever happened in Whoville, and nothing bad ever will.”
It reminded me of the quote from president Ezra Taft Benson:
Too often we bask in our comfortable complacency and rationalize that the ravages of war, economic disaster, famine, and earthquake cannot happen here. Those who believe this are either not acquainted with the revelations of the Lord, or they do not believe them. Those who smugly think these calamities will not happen, that they somehow will be set aside because of the righteousness of the Saints, are deceived and will rue the day they harbored such a delusion.
The Lord has warned and forewarned us against a day of great tribulation and given us counsel, through His servants, on how we can be prepared for these difficult times. Have we heeded His counsel?
This quote has always haunted me: “Those who believe this are either not acquainted with the revelations of the Lord, or they do not believe them.” We cannot claim to be unacquainted with the revelations of the Lord, so does that mean we just simply don’t believe them?
I worry about the twenty- and thirty-somethings who live in nice homes and drive nice cars and dress their children in new clothes, but who claim they just don’t have the money to prepare or who think they will just run to the store and buy what they need because they have a savings account.
Cash is not food, it is not clothing, it is not coal, it is not shelter; and we will get to the place where no matter how much cash we have, we cannot secure those things in the quantities which we may need … All that you can be certain you will have is that which you produce. We must purge our hearts of the love of ease; we must put out from our lives the curse of idleness. God declared that mortal man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow. That is the law of this world (In Conference Report, Apr. 1937, p. 26, quoted by A. Theodore Tuttle, Ensign, May 1978).
8 Comments so far...
Benjamin Says:
17 April 2008 at 9:49 am.
Great quote by Benson. This is where the rubber hits the road. Do we or do we not believe in the revelations of God or do we just give it lip service? I hope people that decide not to prepare don’t have the mindset that other people will have to take care of them when the rough times hit.
jobob911 Says:
17 April 2008 at 11:21 am.
A big problem is that everyone is procrastinating. Bad times will come but people seem to refuse to believe it so they are not really to worried about it and they are not getting prepared.
Bryon Says:
17 April 2008 at 11:58 am.
Soon people will find out that they are very wrong in their belief of security. I hope that they don’t have the belief that someone will rescue them because that won’t happen. The government isnt prepared for it so we should be prepard. Ultimatly it is up to us to take care of our selves. A goverment is supposed to provide protection from those that take advantage of us not provide protection from our own idleness and ignorance.
E.E. Says:
17 April 2008 at 12:15 pm.
Whoa, Bryon that is the way to get to the heart of the matter. Your last sentence pretty much spells it out.
Jobob, your point about procrastination is the kick in the pants I need to finish my preps. I don’t know why I’m dragging my feet since prices are going to keep going up.
T. Fan Says:
17 April 2008 at 2:26 pm.
I guarantee that if it wasn’t for this community I would still be procrastinating. I seem to need occasional reminders to keep me on the ball.
Carrie Says:
17 April 2008 at 4:12 pm.
My mom loves Ezra Taft Benson. I’m going to email this to her.
Nalvy Says:
17 April 2008 at 7:31 pm.
Well now Bryon and Jobob stole the words right out of my mouth…how in the heck did that happen?? LOL We must be hanging around the same watering hole guys!
I agree with them both. If people aren’t prepared they have no one to blame but themselves. If you think you can’t afford to prepare look at what you spend your money on. There are ways of saving up for money… cut back on going out and doing expensive activities. Go to the clearance rack first to buy clothes or go to stores like goodwill or DI for cheap clothing an other products. There are so many ways to save money and then use that money for food storage it is ridiculous!
Ghost Says:
17 April 2008 at 8:01 pm.
I hear it I hear it. I hear a Who! We’re stuffing canned goods under the bed but we’re staying cheerful while we do it. I don’t even know the song “The Sky is Falling”.
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