The Lord is our master of life

1 King 17:8-28

When the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land, the words of the Lord came to him,"Go at once to Zarphath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food."

The widow was poor also, she has only a little oil and flour, she said ," I make meal for myself and my son, that we may ear it - and die." Elijah said to her,' Don't be afraid. Go home and do as you said, But first make a small cake of read for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. For the Lord says, 'The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord gives rain on the land."

The widow went away and did as Elijah had told her. The flour and oil did ot run dry, in keeping with the word of th Lord spoken by Elijah.

The son of the widow was dead some time later, She said to Elijah," Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?"

Elijah replied "Give me your son?" then, Elijah cried to the Lord and stretched himself out on the boy three times. The Lord heard Elijah's cry, and the boy's life returned to him, and he lived.

When Elijah give him to his mother and said, "Look, you son is alive!" Then the woman said to Elijah,"Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth." 

Why?

More important is the widow followed the words of Elijah, she did a small bread to Elijah and than did it for her self and her son. Originally, she plan make bread for herself and her son only.

The woman finally knew Elijah is a man of the Lord, all his words is the truth, for she experience his son may revived from the death.
People usually thinks the dead is the sin of his own, woman though Elijah came from the Lord to judge her sins.
The Lord will judge our sin, but he is mercy God, he will forgive our sin when we commit our sin in present of the Lord.
How?
The Lord is our master of the life, only the Lord knows how long our life will be. More important is follow his commands and give honor to the Lord, let our life more abundant and meaningful.