Written on mobile phone:
When Elijah came to the widow, it was in the middle of a famine. I'm sure that there were a lot of desperate people. Elijah's recommendation sounds unbelievable, but also like a scam to steal food from a gullible woman.
The widow would have had the protective, defensive part of her screaming at her to save herself and her son, hoping that maybe tomorrow things would get better and they might find food. she would have had to overcome all of that to recognize the spirit-the still, small voice telling her that what Elijah said was true.
That is why it is so important to know the spirit. It is good to feel the spirit when we are at church, when we study the scriptures, when we pray. but we have to learn also to hear the spirit in the grocery store, when we are driving or when a stranger asks us to take a risk for ourselves and our loved ones, lest we find ourselves alone with our last meal ready to "eat it and die"
When Elijah came to the widow, it was in the middle of a famine. I'm sure that there were a lot of desperate people. Elijah's recommendation sounds unbelievable, but also like a scam to steal food from a gullible woman.
The widow would have had the protective, defensive part of her screaming at her to save herself and her son, hoping that maybe tomorrow things would get better and they might find food. she would have had to overcome all of that to recognize the spirit-the still, small voice telling her that what Elijah said was true.
That is why it is so important to know the spirit. It is good to feel the spirit when we are at church, when we study the scriptures, when we pray. but we have to learn also to hear the spirit in the grocery store, when we are driving or when a stranger asks us to take a risk for ourselves and our loved ones, lest we find ourselves alone with our last meal ready to "eat it and die"
1 comment:
true. beautifully stated. Mom
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