“His exact words were, “There is nowhere to escape from Hashem. You need no plans”
Terribly silly argument IMHO. You go to work, don’t you? To make money to live. Under the above premise, we should never do anything for parnassah. But we don’t rely on miracles, do we? Prepping to me is just like parnassah, not going crazy building bunkers and the like, but also not relying on miracles. You put smoke detectors in your home? You have (hopefully) health insurance? Car insurance? Why? Isn’t it all in Gods hands anyway? Hard times come and go, periods of strife and danger wax and wane, I put my hishtadlus in. And if it’s all for nought, (sprained ankle theory) well……my arms are too short to box with God and it is what it is.