Black Horse Rider watch

"When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, 'Come!' I looked, and there before me was a black horse! It's rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, 'A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the wine!" - Revelation 6:5


I decided to start a weekly segment on my blog regarding the coming global food crisis. Many of you in the United States will probably wonder what I'm ranting about. Food in the U.S. seems ample and the stores are always fully stocked. That may make it seem like everything is honky dory, however, there are storm clouds on the horizon and the Rider in Revelations is getting ready to mount his steed.

I have been watching various news articles, both Internet and regular news, for any information about crops, food stocks, droughts, etc...  That information I have been compiling and will sort, digest, and summarize for you.  The patterns are plain to see and frightening in their forecast.

My goal with this information is not to frighten, however, it's to send a call to people to wake up and pay attention to the world around us.  It's a call to action, to preparedness, and watchfulness.  I especially hope to awaken the children of God to be watchful as Christ commanded us.  He told us to recognize the seasons and be prepared for His coming.

The first topic I wanted to discuss is the decline and impending end of the Ogallala Aquifer.  An aquifer is a body of water trapped hundreds of feet below the surface.  It's trapped usually between two different plates and they vary in size and gallons of water trapped.

The Ogallala Aquifer stretches from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains through the badlands of South Dakota and into the Texas Panhandle.  At it's deepest, in Nebraska and Kansas, it is roughly 300 feet deep.  That changes the further south you travel.  Around Amarillo, Texas the depth is from 0-50 feet. This Aquifer does not refill, when it's gone, it's gone.

The problem has been the rapid draining of the Aquifer by over farming, poor resource management, and surface drought.  Researches now believe that the Ogallala Aquifer may only have a few decades left until it is dry. The fact that it will dry up is not in debate, the time until the last drop is removed will depend on how the resource can be managed.  The best hope is to manage the decline. The shallowest areas will probably be dry within 10 years.

The impact of this loss will be felt world-wide.  The agricultural area supported by the aquifer provides 20 percent of America's grain and corn, not to mention how much of the world market depends on food produced in this section of the U.S.  A collapse in this area will mean starvation in many areas of the world.

I encourage everyone reading this to take steps to grow and store food at home.  Anyone with even the smallest plot can grow enough food to make a difference.  If you live in an apartment or do not have the space to grow a garden, find some like-minded friends purchase a small plot and form a small, private community garden/farm, start to build a few months of food in your pantry while food is still inexpensive.  There are many tips available on how to prepare, that's not the focus of my topic. 

My urgent prayer is that those who call Christ, Savior, will begin to watch and tell others of the impending troubles. There is a storm coming and the horseman are preparing their mounts.