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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

              ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL 

                                   PART XVI 

Please look for the text in the posts of December 2019, post 2 December 2, 2019.

          ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE ;                                          OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

              ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL

                                 PART XVI

Please look for the text in the posts of December 2019, post 2 December 2019.

You may like to know that Elijah, one of the main characters in this true story written about in the part of the Bible called the Old Testament, I Kings chapter 17, lived in the 9th Century B.C. so quite a few years ago....

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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES 

               ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL 

                                     PART XV 

Please look for the text in the posts of November 2019, exact date is 28 November 2019.

        ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE;                                          OLD TESTAMENT STORIES 

           ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL 

                                  PART XV 

Please look for the text in the posts of November 2019, exact date is 28 November 2019. 

 You may like to know that Elijah, one of the main characters in this true story written about in the part of the Bible called the Old Testament, I Kings chapter 17, lived in the 9th Century BC.

 

                        

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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

               ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL 

                                    PART XIV 

Please look for the text in the posts of November 2019, exact date is 25 November 2019....

           ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE;                                          OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

              ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL

                                    PART XIV

Please look for the text in the posts of November 2019, exact date is 25 November 2019.... 

P.S. Please be aware that the Prophet Elijah, whose story this is about, lived in the 9th Century BC, so quite some time ago...

 

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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

               ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL                                                                                                                                                                     PART XIII 

Please look for the text in the posts of November 2019, exact date is 21 November 2019....

        ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE    

                 OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

             ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL

                               PART XIII 

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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL 

                                   PART XII 

"I, the widow of Zarephath in Sidon, held my son, my only son, in my arms as he took his last breath.... I could not believe this was happening.... Who will take care of me now?... I do not have a husband to take care of me.... And now I no longer have a son to take care of me.... I thought my home was blessed with the presence of the prophet Elijah.... But it seems he has turned against me... Had he not come to save us from starvation?... Or had he come to remind me of my sins?".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the widow believes that the prophet Elijah has come to remind her of her sins...

 

                   ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE'; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                           ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL    

                                                                    PART XII

The presence of the prophet Elijah is supposed to bring blessings to the home of the widow... But that is not what has happened....What can possibly be the reason for this terrible tragedy? You can learn who the woman thinks is to be blamed in 1 Kings 17:18

She said to Elijah, "What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?"

The widow believes the prophet is responsible for the death of her son. She seems to have forgotten that without the prophet's intervention in her life she and the boy would both have died some time ago already. But we cannot blame her for her emotional outburst because God had promised they would live through this drought and it seems He has not kept His promise so who better to blame than the one who represents Him: the prophet Elijah.                                                                                           

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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES 

              ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL 

                                    PART XI 

"I, the widow at Zarephath in Sidon, felt I was the most blessed widow of all the widows overhere as well as in Israel.... But I do not feel that 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... After all, the prophet Elijah is living with me... And because of him we have food every day... I was sure that 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 widow's son gets ill and dies.

 

                    ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES 

                                            ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL

                                                                 PART XI

Something terrible happens as you can read in 1 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. 

 

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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL 

                                     PART X 

"I, the widow of Zarephath in Sidon, am so grateful to the God of the prophet Elijah.... When I met him at the town gate some time ago, I did not know that because of him my life would be changed.... At that time I was expecting for my son and me to die... But today I feel more alive than ever.... I am so thankful to the God of the prophet that He chose me to take care of him...He told me all about having having been sent to my town Zarephath because he was going to be taken care of by a widow... And I am that widow... I feel so blessed.... Especially, because I am not Jewish.... And the prophet's God could have easily chosen a widow from among the Jewish people.... But He did not... He chose me....And now we have food every day... The prophet told me that my flour will not be used up and my oil will not dry up until there is rain again....And I believe him."..... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the widow and her son have food food every day...

 

                   ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                              ONLY A LITTLE FLOUR AND OIL

                                                                  PART X

The widow at Zarephath in Sidon did as the prophet asked her and, consequently, her home was blessed as you can read in I Kings 17:15-16 

She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her son for the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.

Every day there was food on the table for the widow, her son and Elijah just as God had promised he would do.