I completely agree that our physical preps will only take us so far. I have written before that skills will be more important and survival depends on those. However, having faith in something is also important. It gives us hope and helps us feel as though we aren't alone. I too lean on a higher power. I am pagan, honour both God and Goddess, and the cycles of nature. Just last night, my girls and I performed a ritual to welcome spring. I know I will find great comfort in the cycles of the seasons and of nature when the SHTF, that there is something far greater than us and that Mother Earth keeps going on, despite us.