In common logic, if you are struggling to make ends meet, then you should save as much as you can. Likewise, if all you have is a little, then you shouldn’t be expected to give, right? Wrong. Let’s take a journey together to the home of the widow of Zarephath, a few hours before the prophet Elijah arrives.

There is a famine in the land and all she has is enough for one last meal. She’s worried. She’s frightened by the lack that looms over her home, casting a shadow on everything in its path. Her cupboards are bare, her ... (Continued)