God said to Elijah to go away,
He should go to another place,
Where a woman would supply him.
He went according to the Lord’s saying.
He met a widow when he arrived at the land,
He asked for some water, and she gave in his hand.
Then Elijah asked her for some food,
The woman said she had almost no food or supplies,
She would cook for her and her son, and they would die.
The prophet asked the widow to serve him,
Saying that God would supply her with all things.
She trusted in what the prophet had said.
And she had food for many days.
It was a demonstration of God’s grace.
The prophet stayed with that woman,
And there was the death of her son.
She questioned the prophet Elijah:
Did you come to bring disgrace over me?
Did you come to take away my reason for living?
The prophet took the boy and prayed to God:
Let this boy’s life return to him, oh Lord!
The Lord resurrected that boy.
She saw that Elijah was a Lord’s man,
And she has never questioned Elijah again.
This poem is part of the book Christian Poetry Volume IV.
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