A Pantry Stocking MUST - The Most Important Thing - Not What You Think | The Joyful Pantry

Today I talked about pantry stocking, inspired by my friend Heather @TheKneadyHomesteader . I talk about one of the most important - and unorthodox things everyone MUST stock up on.
HINT: It's not what you think.
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In 2016 my husband and I retired from active duty army family life and planted roots in Alabama. We started a homestead from scratch, and shared that journey here on KZbin. In 2022 we answered the call to the mountains of Arkansas, where we are starting that journey once again.
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[@lauraquigley6403]

This is so true. The 100 acre farm I grew up on had a huge dirt storage underneath the 120 yr old farm house. My grandmother had 50 huge built shelves that were full with canned goods & on the floor we stored our potatoes, apples etc. My grandmother was a widow 3 times and birthed 9 children in that farm house & lived until 93 @ home with her grandchildren who worshiped her! We had meat chickens, beef,pigs horses & a 3 acre vegetable garden. I thought everyone had acres of vegetables Lol. Thank you!🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s

[@TLStitches]

Wow! That's impressive! Thanks for sharing!

[@milliemrrobinson1074]

I'm single, widowed, and on a limited budget, but since 2020 I have been reliving the lessons I learned from my grandmothers, aunts and my Mom. They always had stocked pantries, ready for emergencies and had financial and common sense lessons. I've always kept a good pantry stocked, but after my husband passed, I slacked a bit. Now I know I'm the only one to take care of my home and animals, I am stocking for me, my dog, and my chickens! I have a small garden, too. I love this life, truly!

[@ruthkedward2461]

My mother grew up in the countryside during the war everyone had gardens and grew food. My grandmother and mother kept a pantry as a result.bHaving married a husband from an industrial area where gardens were small or non existent my sister and I always teased Mam about her need to store food! We used to say why keep a cupboard full of food when there's a shop just down the road. HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED. This is my first year of growing food and I started canning last year, both my sister and I have a pantry. I live in Wales UK and we're quite unusual, most people haven't even heard of canning or bottling as we call it here

[@JamieCamile495]

Thank you Constance! I got up this morning feeling a little overwhelmed with life. I prayed and asked Abba to help me with my doubt today. And I listened to this video and after your reading of of the Messiahs words, tears filled my eyes and a peace filled my spirit! Thank you for your encouragement!

[@mom2LandM]

New subscriber! Thank you for sharing God’s word about helping others in a crisis. In 1996 we lost power for 8 days following a hurricane and my granny’s neighbor went around the neighborhood running the elderly peoples freezers for a few hours each day to keep them from losing their food. I often think how many prayers she prayed and how her faith must have been strengthened when the neighbor stopped by with his generator. As she always would say, “The Lord has an extra star for your crown in heaven” and I believe that young man does. Thank you again for sharing God’s word!

[@peggetennant]

Totally agree. Matthew chapter 6 is always one of my go to chapters in the Bible. It will calm fears and establish priorities in keeping with the Heart of God. Thank you.

[@susangray45]

For three years now, the Lord has put one thing after another, on my mind to prepare. FOOD, WATER, SILVER. He keeps leading me one step at a time❤

[@carolynsinyard1306]

When I started my canning and pantry storage I was doing it so that our family would always have something to eat and things to sustain them. For the past two Sundays our Pastor preached on generosity and what it meant to be generous with others. I am thankful that our pantry is getting full so that we can help others. Because of my health issues there are a whole lot of things that I can not do, but I can share Jesus as I share our pantry with others. Thank you for this video. Have a blessed week.

[@AnneIngram-kf1vu]

So good! Such comfort for us. Thank you. All is well in Hwy 36. ❤

[@deborahatwell8980]

I have the same issue ( health limits). I really enjoy canning, dehydrating. I have always enjoyed cooking for my family and friends. I enjoy giving food to others. I am blessed to be able to bless those God leads me to bless. I work at my church food pantry and enjoy so much. God bless you in your service for Him!

[@berlinmiller4617]

This was so calming and helpful in this crazy world. It's so true, our hope should first be in the Lord. May God continue to bless you and your family, Constance. ✝️🙏

[@tinatippin5705]

Amen, sister. Sweet words to listen to while I prepare blackberries for the freezer. While picking, we were blessed with a tree of ripe golden delicious apples. We had so much fun being grateful to God for His bounty. Trusting God is everything.

[@debbiebaney4044]

You just came up on my youtube feed :) What a blessing! Three years ago, I stood in my pantry and prayed to become the Proverbs 31 wife. It's been such a journey of faith and I stand in awe of what I have accomplished - with the help of my husband and the guidance of the Lord! I have learned how to can, how to dehydrate, how to properly store dry foods for long term, and properly freeze foods.... how to make granola, and ghee - shelf stable forever....I'm even learning how to make condiments and herbs....It's fun and what a feeling of accomplishment! I pray that every household receives the Proverbs 31 anointing! "Deep calls to deep." Your spiritual walk with the Lord and impartations to your listeners is what pantry stockers need! I noticed your necklace right away and knew I had to take a listen. Now I'm subscribed!🥰

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Thank you 😊

[@greenlady43]

I’m always adding to my pantry. In a trailer you have to be creative as to storage. I find freeze dried food is great for us. And I do use them! Rotate rotate rotate

[@bethsmith9605]

This video was what I needed tonight. God does provide just what we need at the time we need it.

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

Girl!!!!!🎉 You got me hootin’ and hollerin’ over here! 😆🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Praise Yahweh!!!!!! AMEN AND AMEN!!!!!! Yes, Father God!!!!!🙏🏻❤️ Such a fantastic view on our pantry. This is it!!!!! This! 🙌🏻 Hallelujah! Sharing. 💋

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Thank you Heather 😊 And thank you for the inspiration!

[@deannanderson2033]

Keeping a pantry has benefited our family so many times in the past. Even having a few dried beans and cans on hand is helpful.

[@alisapence3281]

So enjoyed your video and fully agree. My husband thinks I have an obsession w/ putting everything in jars. LOL . But I do feel I need to kinda stock up for food and supplies, not for just us, but for my kids and their families. I planted pole beans in raised beds. I am not getting a lot, but I will pick every bean until there are no more to pick and can what I can can, because I feel if God provided for me these beans, then I need to take care of what is there. Maybe next year my harvest will be greater. You are such an inspiration! God Bless you!

[@TXDHC]

A good word today Constance. Your name meaning “steadfastness”/“constant”! ❤ we always pray to hold everything with an open hand and may you never have to pry my fingers off of anything. We just finished Genesis which ends with Joseph and Yah providing for Jacob’s family. My take away has been that although Joseph made provisions for 7 yrs, Jacob’s family got comfy living in Egypt and as a result the Israelites became enslaved. Don’t get comfy in the provisions, don’t get lazy and whatever you do don’t become enslaved to them.

[@julesprice5805]

You go girl!!!! The only person I've ever heard tell people that God will provide, and that is the most important thing to stock up on, faith! Faith in our Holy Father who will provide for all our needs. I have heard many prophetic messages of him telling us to prepare at least 7 weeks of food and Sundries, but I also heard a prophetic message that said knowing his word will offer far more than anything we could ever collect and store! Amen and God Bless you, you beautiful soul!

[@jeanburgin160]

Excellent sharing and truth in your words from the Holy Bible. Thank you for sharing. God Bless.

[@heidipustelniak652]

We have kept a well stocked pantry since 1999… Remember Y2K? It was not a big deal in reality… But, back then, during the High Holy Days our congregation had a 7 day prayer vigil. And one of the things the Holy One laid on our hearts was to have 6 months to a year of non perishable foods we normally eat. And to continually rotate your food storage. So… when the grocery stores here were being effected by panic buying in the past couple years, we were already well prepared to withstand the supply chain issues. And our trust in the Holy One is above all! Amen and Amen! Good teaching!

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Yes I do! That was when I first started thinking about preparing for hard times, and remembering my grandmother's lifestyle. I wish she was still around to learn from.

[@bevfitzsimmonds3382]

Yep, that's when God really started teaching me about the importance of preparedness, and being wise in what to store. Also the realities of keeping safe and being brave in hard times, and how folk might behave when desperate...and how to be Smart, yet loving, about it! He is So Good. ❤ 🙂

[@destinyandpurpose]

I absolutely agree! We must first prepare ourselves and be filled with the Holy Spirit. It is thru the Spirit that He will speak to us and give us wisdom, direction, and peace. I have been stocking and preparing at the direction of the Lord since the early part of last year. I have peace and am fully trusting in the Lord to see me through and use me to help others if and when needed. During the height of the last big scare the Lord gave me three words: PEACE PROTECTION PROVISION. I will continue walking in all three! Thank you for sharing this video, praying for you and your family to be blessed with continued blessings!

[@interpreting4HIM]

🙏 AMEN. We had to move by Faith, leaving so much behind. Including food, furniture, clothes, etc. This move was the most stressful time during our 33yrs of marriage. Our Faith level is at its highest ever. It has been so hard. ❤

[@gordonbone3689]

About 12 years ago, several before I was going to retire from the army, I told my family that when I retired, I was buying an acreage that we may have to basically survive on. I was lovingly teased by the daughters saying 'you just want to be an old grumpy hermit and live back somewhere in the trees. The girls have moved on with their lives. I am now living on an acreage 'surrounded by trees'! They lived with us until a few years ago. Living just a few miles away and seeing all the worldwide chaos they have a clear understanding why I am living here 'in the trees.' There is an independent fresh water well, a small, raised bed garden that I will be expanding, and a green house. Next year the chicken coop will be built. I grew up in a rural area, partly on my grandparent's farm. My grandfather was a butcher, so I learned how to skin out a cow, butcher a hog, salt the belly side for bacon, grind the leg meats for hamburger. I used to milk 84 twice a day for a farmer. If anyone wants to be as self-reliant as possible live on several acres or more. Fresh well water and space to grow hundreds of pounds of food.

[@ChildofGod98765]

You are so beautiful and so inspiring. Please pray for me and my two children I’m struggling as a single mom. Thank you sister!

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Praying!

[@esmereldamartinez9726]

God bless you and your children too stay strong sister God will provide 🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️

[@teenaidoo8569]

The Lord knows your situation.. He will see u Through. God Bless you 🙏

[@Linnie1021]

💜🙏🏻✝️🛐

[@juliewylie7700]

Prayers

[@joankelley3772]

unlike some, I don't believe that the grocery store "makes" the groceries. I can't believe that we're still having trouble getting some grocery items. I was just cruising the meat aisle (looking for the managers specials to take home and can) and another lady was mentioning to her friend that "my goodness, the shelves are empty!"

[@paulaturley9118]

Thank you ❤so much. I am going through a streching process, in faith and family. I thought I was learning about preping which I did, but more importantly, God spoke to my heart in this time of struggle. Thank you for teaching from God's Word.

[@marysaylor8458]

Amen put our trust in the Lord. But also stock up what we needed.

[@carolrifon6337]

Constance, I could listen to you for hours.. you are so wise and speak so well. Yes, I agree, our trust and love must be in Jesus.. Thank you

[@gordonbone3689]

When I was a teen growing up in Canada our entire back yard was garden. Almost everyone around us had a garden. In the corner of the basement, we had a pantry room. My father knocked half of a cinder block then to expose it to the enclosed breezeway, During the winter it was like a refrigerator. We harvested a few hundred pounds of root crops each year. There was also a freezer in that room. When I witness the panic of some in the cities, I take comfort in fact that I live on an acreage where I can potentially grow enough to last for a few years if stored correctly. I built a greenhouse and now dehydrating herbs.

[@loriliedel9111]

Amen Sister! Thank God for his provision! He is faithful !and I will trust Him and have peace. Thank you for sharing this exhortation with us. May God bless you and yours with abundance in life as you wait on Him. I appreciate you!!!

[@cathylongstreth5405]

Oh, Sister! Thanks for sharing your wisdom and God's Word with us. Another Trust and Obey segment❤

[@richardgipson4023]

Just scrolling through some prepping videos & found you , praise God ! Thank you first and foremost for being the witness you are . People need Jesus first ,without Him they and their family are doomed no matter how much they have to eat . Food & water are temporary, Jesus is forever.......that being said , preparing is not a lack of faith its scriptural. Many of the parables are about preperation , from repentance up and down the scale . Then the saved or prepared help others to do the same physically and spiritually... Good job Cornbread !

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Oh I agree 100% - preparations ARE biblical. I'm just sounding the trumpet, and warning people to not put their faith in it and turn it into an idol. ;)

[@sandijammes7761]

I just love all your videos. Thanks for the extra "insight" in this one. ❤🙏

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

Thank you

[@ladyprepper4]

Constance, thank you for this message. I prayed for guidance today as I'm working 3 jobs and I only need one really. The 2 extra I felt necessary to do the things I feel God has called me to do, but I'm drowning! I fear I am worshipping money, or the pursuit of it. This makes me realize that God will make a way for me to follow his path.

[@kellynicholas4629]

Thank you for sharing. The Lord is so good and always provides for His children

[@lindamcneely]

I had to laugh when we moved to north carolina 17 years ago. whenever there is any kind of storm predicted everyone runs to the store and the bread and milk are gone in a blink of the eye. I have always been able to bake bread so it dosen't effect me but you are making perfect sense about having a pantry. here it is not cold enough to create a pantry especially if you do not have a basement so I do keep the freezer full and try and keep enough on hand to be able to make things you need. I do miss having a cold place to keep thing. we came here from idaho and being 6000 feet up we had lots of snow so never had to worry about food storage in a pantry.

[@kennethbailey9853]

Thank you. So helpful !🙂

[@joycekatende2928]

GREAT REMINDER THANK YOU

[@sharonbrown2352]

Amen! Thank you for the reminder.

[@ConcealedKari]

I needed to hear that message. Thank you.

[@sheilaflatt4264]

Needed to hear this today. Thank you.

[@potpourrioflife]

Beautifully shared. ❤

[@omadarling9188]

I loved this video!! Great job!

[@klevesque]

Thank you to Heather for bringing me to this channel!

[@kimtidwell4263]

Thank you Constance, that was a great message!

[@stknmggs1788]

Thank you for this! I loved it all. So true

[@gingermarshall8084]

Beautiful words of live!!

[@jeanniewright2554]

A wonderful reminder. Thank you!!

[@elaineweddle7267]

This was such a good message. Thank you.

[@brendawahlberg7341]

Exactly what I needed today. Thank you

[@bettyreynolds5106]

You're so right! God bless you!

[@sharonstringer4649]

Thank you really needed to hear that

[@pattigsbh4392]

❤ very well said. Comforting and encouraging

[@deborahcollins9623]

Thank you, Constance, wonderful message

[@eclecticbasil]

Love this message!

[@wrightfamilyhomestead]

Oh my. Yes. Words of wisdom! Bless you.

[@marciahohn4521]

Thank you Constance!! How very timely this was!

[@brendaandjohn1416]

Thank you and God Bless you and your family💕

[@ressieosbourne6841]

Thank you!

[@lonnimichael2814]

Thank you, have a blessed and beautiful day

[@MegaCandylady1]

Awesome words of wisdom. Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤

[@camrobn]

This was beautiful, Constance!

[@jackienoel2864]

what a beautiful video!! thankyou Constance! Listening to a a blessing!!

[@CherylAnderson327]

Thank you so much for sharing.

[@Slimchip]

Wonderful message, God bless you and your family

[@beckypennies1637]

Priceless video.

[@stacyrobbins2378]

I so needed this today

[@lindamullen7856]

Loved this!❤

[@JodieStevens-rs6xu]

Thank you very much! Completely agree with you. Love the encouraging words in Christ❤

[@pamelahousley7543]

Wonderful message - such a blessing. Thank you.

[@c.chines9418]

Selah. Well said! Thank you.

[@Jenny-W1910]

Amen, I agree. Trust in the Lord is #1. I need to do a rotation in my food storage. I like to pull everything dated this year and set it on it's own shelf so I pull from that throughout the year. I know the 'expiration dates' are not set in stone-but if I can use something that is of the year we are in, I like to do that. Thanks for being here Candace, blessings 🙏

[@wrennknits6048]

A good word in due season Constance!

[@pamelathornton70]

Beautiful video. Thanks, dear one.

[@JudiStitches]

Great message! I move into my new home in a couple weeks and look forward to building my pantry again like I had in AL! 🌻😊

[@carolyn6290]

Thanks Constance. Your right on! We must share with others like you said.

[@cindyengland9669]

Great video

[@carlasmith4777]

Great information... Love you sis ❤

[@tammyr2966]

Very well said! Absolutely a beautiful reminder to all of us!

[@ladyryan902]

Hi. I've had people tell me they think the shortage was manufactured in order to get the chemicals into the food 😮 I grew up preparing for winter n have always kept a stock pile BUT many of the items are coming to the end dates now when I buy anything I am checking dates n many r only 10 to 12 months now..another reason to grow n can. I've read that scripture several times this week. Thank you

[@sydneykasmar]

Beautiful. Our greatest source is within.

[@heidistoddard1588]

Thank you so very much Contance! God bless and Amen~🕊

[@lori3488]

Such a wonderful and calming video. Thank you Constance ❤

[@MsPackman4]

I never thought about my preps this way. Excellent messaging, thank you!

[@phyllisbakercoffman8988]

Hey, Constance 💗💚. Absolutely agree ❤

[@bevfitzsimmonds3382]

Thankyou for encouraging us, Constance! Well said. Good advice. Thankyou. God bless, ❤ ✝️

[@beckysmith3196]

New to your channel. Very true !

[@MimsysGarden]

Great advice! 💚

[@lizbowling3703]

Thank you for this message. I have found tbis to be so true the joy to be able to help someone else from my pantry is so lasting.

[@woodsie5796]

Amein Sister! Shalom and Blessings to all 🥰

[@deborahatwell8980]

Love this! !! I am so thankful I just found your channel. Keep sharing the Word. You are doing a good thing.❤

[@jennbidwelledwardson2885]

Thanks for a great message/devotion. Goes along with what I read yesterday about being generous. Be ready. Be generous. Trust.

[@sallymoffit3751]

Excellent lesson

[@goatldigoatldi8583]

Good words!

[@anneard1674]

I appreciate every single part of this message.... every one needs to be reminded every now and then

[@Powerbacker]

I was blessed by watching this ❤

[@missourigirl4101]

God bless you Constance and your witness

[@sondrajohnson1605]

Thanks for sharing. I make soup once a week in the winter and when I go to church on Sunday I give an older lady a pint every week. I also share my garden produce with my church family also. Older folks love fresh produce.Makes me happy to share

[@CosmopolitanCornbread]

I love that!

[@reginamiller6624]

Thank you, I was feeling so anxious about everything in the world and worried about a lot! You have put my heart and mind at ease and may the Lord bring peace to my soul as well as many others. God Bless❤

[@FlyerPatty29]

That was a good word you gave