man or woman of the world is coincidence is, for the child of God, an evidence of God’s providence. God so ordered the planning of Elijah’s day that at the precise moment he came up to the gates, and not ten minutes beforehand, a widow was there gathering sticks. Our God has control over all the activities of men and women so that here, in this little incident, he brings together the prophet and the widow in the most natural way. The rest of the story goes on to tell us how she responded favourably