But Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid! Go ahead and cook that `last meal,' but bake me a little loaf of bread first. Afterward there will still be enough food for you and your son. (I Kings 17: 13, NLT)
My friend's grandmother died. Family gathered together in the hospital room. They waited. . . cried . . . laughed . . . and loved. So often the unknown of how it will be to die creates fear. . . but there is another view . . . created by the presence and power of the love given from the heart of God. . . death becomes life.
Famine and drought produce devastation and even death. It makes sense the widow could only see the process with fear.
How do you see life when all seems to come to a dead-end? The answer is viewed through Christ's response to the disciples fear during a violent storm.
He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. “Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples.(Luke 8:24-25, NLT)
When all seems lost . . . find your faith.
See beyond dead-ends . . . see life.
Take time to be aware of the presence and power of the love coming from the heart of God.
Celebrate life.
Learning with you to find and live in faith,
Shalom,
Kerrie
(All devotions written by Kerrie Palmer ©2008 All Rights Reserved)
