Jesus is the perfect image of who God is. Unlike a cold and harsh image of God that has been portrayed, here we see Jesus’ heart go out to the widow who had just lost her son. Jesus didn’t raise her son because she asked Jesus to. Jesus raised him because Jesus had compassion for the woman.
Jesus loves us, and He blesses as even when we don’t ask for it.
Can you spend some time with your children asking them what blessings are in their lives that they didn’t ask for?