A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                             ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL PART XI

"I, the widow at Zarephath of Sidon, felt I was the most blessed widow of all the widows here as well as in Israel.... But I do not feel that way any longer.... A tragedy has taken place.... My son, my only son, became ill.... To begin with I was only a little concerned for him when he became unwell.... But I was not too concerned for him.... After all, the prophet Elijah is living with me.... And because of him we have food every day... I was sure his God would make my son well.... But he did not.... My son got worse and worse.... Then today the unthinkable happened.... My son died.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the son of the widow at Zarephath of Sidon gets ill and dies....
 

         ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                         ONLY A LITTLE FOUR AND OIL PART XI

Something terrible happens as you can read in I Kings 17:17

Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing.

Disaster strikes. The son of the widow gets ill and dies. And that right under the nose of the prophet.He who has been able to prevent rain from falling for the last few years is not able to prevent this boy from getting ill, never mind from dying. It looks like the prophet Elijah has become a failure. More importantly, it looks like God has failed for He has not prevented this son from getting ill and consequently from dying.