Shine

Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

She went and did as Elijah said, so that she as well as he and her household ate for many days.The jar of meal was not emptied, neither did the jug of oil fail, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah. (1 Kings 17:15-16, NRSVCE)

It was a miracle, really, the way the widow’s bit of flour and oil never went empty, even after a year. She had been qui...