Wisdom is a gift from God!

It is not the strength of Abigail that stops David from destroying Nabal’s household after the harsh words that he used to David’s servants.

^“10 Then Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, “Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who break away each one from his master. ¹¹ Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men when I do not know where they are from?” 1 Samuel 25:10-11 NKJV

Nabal was harsh but he was stating the truth considering all his hard work and he was not willing to share with unknown fellows. However, wisdom would have probed the matter further. Nevertheless, what an incredible wife he had; reading from verses 18 – 31 makes you understand why verse 3 says “The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail. And she was a woman of good understanding and beautiful appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his doings.” 1 Samuel 25:3 NKJV

^“18 Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already dressed, five seahs of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys. ¹⁹ And she said to her servants, “Go on before me; see, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.” 1 Samuel 25:18-19 NKJV

^“23 Now when Abigail saw David, she dismounted quickly from the donkey, fell on her face before David, and bowed down to the ground. ²⁴ So she fell at his feet and said: “On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be! And please let your maidservant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your maidservant. ²⁵ Please, let not my lord regard this scoundrel Nabal. For as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him! But I, your maidservant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent. ²⁶ Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, since the Lord has held you back from coming to bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now then, let your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be as Nabal. ²⁷ And now this present which your maidservant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. ²⁸ Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant. For the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord, and evil is not found in you throughout your days.”  1 Samuel 25:23-28 NKJV

#we thank God for women of understanding!

#”the wise woman builds her house, but the foolish pulls it down with her hands.” Proverbs 14:1

#let us celebrate wise women around us for wisdom is a gift from God!