In a dream vision I saw the living room or parlor of a small house. At the far end of the room, just beyond the border of an Oriental rug, stood a wood stove. The stove was a strong piece of ironwork, with a flat space on the top used for cooking.

In the coming times, every house will need a wood stove for winter heating and year-round cooking. The availability of electric power, heating oil and gas will be inconsistent and their prices unimaginably high because of limited supply, hyperinflation and war. TO AVOID FREEZING TO DEATH IN THE WINTER IN THE TEMPERATE ZONES, A FAMILY MUST HAVE AT LEAST A WOOD-BURNING FIREPLACE. MUCH BETTER TO HAVE IS A WOOD STOVE DESIGNED FOR BOTH HEATING AND COOKING. Today many of the new wood stoves have been engineered to be “green”, burning pellets instead of firewood. In the times of emergency we will face, such pellets will be impossible to purchase. It is so much more practical and wise to install an old-fashioned firewood-burning wood stove in your home.

THE LORD WATCHES OVER HIS PEOPLE AND WOULD KEEP THEM WARM AND FED IN THE TIMES AHEAD. Your adequate preparation is not simply for your own comfort and convenience, but TO PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD. On a cold winter’s night, be ready to welcome needy neighbors and refugees, caught unprepared, to your hearth and home. Witness to all guests as you warm them, body and soul.