Our Daily Bread
Some of you will remember the Y2K scare at the end of 1999. There were worries of power grids shutting down and other calamities due to computers unequipped to handle the changeover to a new millennium (though the 21st century technically started on January 1, 2001). The “Y2K bug” led some people to stock up on food and water, plus withdraw large sums of money. Fortunately, the disruptions were minimal. Many computers were reprogrammed to be Y2K compliant. Still, we are living in uncertain times. A preacher I respect believes an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack could come upon the United States soon. One well-known evangelist sells emergency food buckets and other survival-oriented products on his TV program. A friend of mine recently bought two food dehydrators and a pressure canner to store more things to eat. She already has a large supply of boxes and cans of non-perishable food. In Genesis 41, Pharaoh was warned through dreams that seven years of famine would come upon Egypt