Elijah's next request

Seems so selfish,

We often wonder

Why he said it?

Was it just

To test her faith?

Or was there,

A more important,

Underlying reason?

"And Elijah

Said unto her,

'Fear not;

Go and do

As thou hast said:

But make me thereof

A little cake first,

And bring it unto me,

And after

Make for thee

And for thy son.

For thus saith

The LORD God of Israel,

'The barrel of meal

Shall not waste,

Neither shall

The cruse of oil fail,

Until the day

That the LORD sendeth

Rain upon the earth.' '

And she went

And did according to

The saying of Elijah:

And she,

And he,

And her house,

Did eat many days.

And the barrel of meal

Wasted not,

Neither did

The cruse of oil fail,

According to the word

Of the LORD,

Which he spake

By Elijah."1 Kings 17:13-16

"Feed me first!"

Elijah,

To the widow said.

Elijah,

To she whose child

Cried for bread.