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Let's get to know her from the verses of 1 Kings 17:8-16 ;
'Then Yahweh spoke his word to Elijah: “Get up, go to Zarephath (which belongs to Sidon), and stay there. I’ve commanded a widow there to feed you.”He got up and went to Zarephath. As he came to the town’s entrance, a widow was gathering wood. He called to her, “Please bring me a drink of water.” As she was going to get it, he called to her again, “Please bring me a piece of bread too.” She said, “I solemnly swear, as Yahweh your Elohim lives, I didn’t bake any bread. I have one handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I’m gathering wood. I’m going to prepare something for myself and my son so that we can eat it and then die.”
Then Elijah told her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home, and do as you’ve said. But first make a small loaf and bring it to me. Then prepare something for yourself and your son. This is what Yahweh Elohim of Israel says: Until Yahweh sends rain on the land, the jar of flour will never be empty and the jug will always contain oil.”
She did what Elijah had told her. So she, Elijah, and her family had food for a long time. The jar of flour never became empty, and the jug always contained olive oil, as Yahweh had promised through Elijah.'
Now, I would like to believe that this widow did not see God appear to her from heaven and telling her to feed Elijah but she has a hospitable heart that the Lord has taken note of and has trusted to do his will. Can God trust us to send us to preserve his own. When Elijah asked her though She gave her excuse of not having enough yet it didn't stop her from giving it out to the man of God.
No matter who you are God can use you, whether being a widow or a single lady and whether you are a a christian or not. The widow didn't see Yaweh as her Elohim e.i she didn't see God as her Lord but kept calling God Elijah's lord. God just needs our availability.
Make yourself available.
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