Growing up, I remember whenever it was about to rain, we would line buckets outside, positioning them directly under the roof to get a good amount of water from the downpour. Those buckets were filled most of the time, and we would have to get other buckets till the rain stops or till will run out of buckets. However, there were few occasion that we had to take our buckets in without water, but even in those times, there was the peace we had that we had prepared; the rain just was not enough. Preparation makes one feel empowered, and beyond empowerment, it is an expression of faith. It takes faith to prepare for what is not seen. A pregnant woman believes she would give birth, so she goes shopping. Like Noah, he believed God would send the flood, so he built the ark. Remember the Widow in 2 Kings 4, whose oil multiplied? The oil multiplied until she had no empty containers then the oil stopped. Had she waited to see the oil multiply ...