She Acted With Discretion -"Good in Discretion and Beautiful in Form"

 Abigail and Nabal were not a good match. Nabal could hardly have chosen a better spouse, whereas Abigail found herself married to one who could hardly have been worse. Granted, the man had money. He thus saw himself as very important, but how did others view him? It would be difficult to find a Bible character who is spoken of in more than contemptuous terms. His very name means "Senseless," or "Stupid." Did his parents give him such a name at birth, or was it an epithet that stuck to him later? In either case, he lived up to his name. Nabal was "harsh and bad in his practices." A bully and a drunkard, he was widely feared and disliked. - 1 SAMUEL 25:2, 3, 17, 21,25.

Abigail was altogether different from Nabal.  Her name means "My Father Has Made Himself Joyful." Many a father is proud to have a beautiful daughter, but a wise father is far happier to discern inner beauty in his child. All too often, a person blessed with outward beauty fails to see the need to develop such qualities as discretion, wisdom, courage, or faith. No so with Abigail. The Bible praises her for her discretion as well as for her beauty. -Read 1 SAMUEL 25:3. 

Next time: She Acted With Discretion - "Good in Discretion and Beautiful in Form" - Conclusion

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