And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. -I Kings 17:15

Here is what I see as sunshine from the widow of Zarephath:

1.Her obedience kept her and her son alive during a famine.

2.She was a “doer” of the word…she made a cake for Elijah first.

3.When faced with a decision, she chose to live by faith and not by signt…I mean really…she gave to Elijah first…during a famine.

And let see…how many of us would give our last during a recession? Would we continue to return tithe and offering during a recession? Would we host a dinner during a recession?…To me, that is what this widow woman did.

She gave what she had and brought many days of sunshine and life to her home.

Her meal was not running over, but it did not run out!!! Her obedience made the difference between life and death for her and her son.

In this poverty-stricken home the famine pressed sore, and the pitifully meager fare seemed about to fail. The coming of Elijah on the very day when the widow feared that she must give up the struggle to sustain life tested to the utmost her faith in the power of the living God to provide for her necessities. But even in her dire extremity she bore witness to her faith by a compliance with the request of the stranger who was asking her to share her last morsel with him. -Patriarchs and Prophets
O the difference obedience makes!!

Tonya regularly writes and shares about sunshine in the home on her blog, Momma’s Sunshine.