(1 Kings 17:11-16)
Few of us ever seem to discover that true sacrifice for another comes out of our very survival, never out of our surplus. We know nothing about genuine self-giving and self-sharing until our own self-survival is literally put on the line. Such a thought terrifies most of us.
(Phillip Keller)
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and you will call him Immanuel."
Isaiah 7: 14