I must admit that my initial reaction to predictions of impending doom and gloom is one of hoarding/stocking up on necessities of life like beans, rice, sugar and toilet paper.  Perhaps it's the "control freak" in me that desires to assert even a tiny portion of control over cirucumstances that are completely out of my hands.

While I believe that God would want us to be responsible and forward-thinking in the care of our families, we need to balance that with a strong faith in Jehovah-Jireh, our God who promises to provide all that we truly need.

And even more importantly, in times like this, the most valuable commodity that we need to stock up on is God's Word.  "Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God".  His Word provides stability when everything in the world is coming apart at the seams.  It is an oasis of peace in the midst of stormy, turbulent circumstances.  The Bible provides us with knowledge of the sovereign God, who truly has "the whole world in his hands".  It is a source of wisdom for the choices of our daily life in a world where ethics have became situational; God's standards are unchanging.  His Word gives us the courage to live a counter-cultural life.

So, in all of our Emergency Preparedness, let's make sure we don't forget that which is even more necessary to us than food and water -- God's Word.

Here is a site that includes a great plan for commiting Scripture passages to memory.  It's designed for children, but I have been using it successfully:

http://simplycharlottemason.com/timesavers/memorysys/

And here is a site that offers some great free Bible studies that are doctrinally sound.  They also offer a lot of free literature for the asking, so make sure you look around their site while you are there:

http://www.mountzion.org/

Please comment & tell me what passage of Scripture you're going to start working towards memorizing.  I am currently working on 1 John .... I've got quite a ways to go.

And, comment & tell me what Bible study you are going to start doing, or are already in the process of completing.  I've jumped in with both feet, realizing that I've been neglecting serious study of His Word, and have decided to set aside my Seeking Him study for the time being to join a Precepts study that has just started at our church ... it's on the life of Abraham.  I also bought the book for the other study that the ladies of our church are working on -- a study of the book of Proverbs by Sue Edwards.