She did,

But what about you?

Would you have fed

All the food you had,

To a total stranger?

Not if you had been

Her friend or neighbor.

They hoarded their food,

And refused to share.

But could you blame them?

Because nobody knew

How long the drought

Would last.

But,

The fact that she lacked

Sufficient food,

Tells us something else

Besides.

It tells us,

What every soul

In Zarephath said,

Whenever the widow asked.

They said,

"I'm sorry neighbor,

But I cannot give you,

Something I do not have."

Or they answered her

And said,

"We'd love to help you friend,

But our cupboards,

Are not exactly

Overflowing either."

Note the kinds of things

Her neighbors told her.

Do they seem

To sound familiar?

They should,

Because we still hear

The same today.

That "we cannot give,

What we do not have,"

And that "our cup

Of love for God

Must be so full,

It overflows

On others everyday."

But is this,

Even remotely close,

To what the Savior said,

When the twelve disciples

Begged for spiritual bread?