Emphasis Preaching Journal
The widow of Zarephath had...
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The widow of Zarephath had only a handful of meal, of which she intended to make a small cake of bread, after which she expected that she and her son would die of starvation. Elijah said, "First make me a little cake of it." Selfishness on the part of Elijah? Hardhearted insensitiveness to that widow's plight? No; rather it was a test of her faith.