I have heard, and I agree with this, that anything more than two weeks of preparation is a waste. After this chaos will likely ensue, and whatever plans a person made will have to change. Those places set up to ride out the storm are typically the first to be raided.
I decided I never want to be put in a position of having to defend my worldly “preps” by deadly force if it comes down to being raided. I’m not sure I could do that over rice and beans. Maybe when I had my family to worry about but not now that I’m on my own. I’d rather starve.
I agree that we continue to stay in a state of grace, pray the rosary daily, and put one foot in front of the other on the path that lies in front of us to the best of our discernment. Life goes on. In the words of St Cardinal Henry Newman, “Lead Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on. The night is dark and I am far from home. Lead Thou me on.”
Yes, the best guide is to simply discern one’s daily duty in their state in life, then just do it. Temporal prepping, except rare specific instances, does not likely represent the mainstream of one’s’ duties in their state of life. The most sure indication of whether something is God’s Will for us is whether it corresponds with, or detracts from, the obvious duties of our state in life, and living the present moment. I’m on a very limited permanent disability income following strokes. While a job is no longer part of the duties in my state of life, neither do I have the financial resources for any kind of temporal prepping. When I’m at the store and tempted to stock up on more than I need for the week at hand, I simply recall, “Give us THIS DAY our daily bread.” It’s not this week, a month, three months, a year, etc. And then when I’m tempted to worry and do otherwise, I stop myself and repeat, “Jesus, I Trust in You! You take care of it.” And I then go home in peace.
