She Acted With Discretion -"Here Is Your Slave Girl"

 After she took her leave, Abigail could not help thinking about that meeting; nor could have failed to notice the contrast between that faithful, kind man and the brute to who she was married. But she did not dwell on such thoughts. We read: "Later Abigail came into Nabal." Yes, she returned to her husband as determined as ever to carry out her role as his wife to the best of her ability. She had to tell him of the gift she had given to David and his men.  He had a right to know. She also had to tell him-before he learned of it elsewhere, to his even greater shame-about the danger that had been averted. She could not tell him though. He was feasting like a king and was as drunk as could be. - 1 Samuel 25:36. 

Again showing both courage and discretion, she waited until the next morning when the influence of the wine had ebbed. He would be sober enough to understand her, yet possibly more dangerous in his temper as well. Still, she approached and told him the whole story. No doubt she expected him to explode in fury, perhaps violence. Instead, he just sat there, not moving. - 1 SAMUEL 25:37.  

What was wrong with the man? "His heart came to be dead inside of him, and he himself became as a stone." Perhaps he had suffered a stroke. However, about ten days later, his end came and not strictly for medical reasons. The account tells us: "Jehovah struck Nabal, so that he died." (1 Samuel 25:38) With that righteous execution, Abigail's long nightmare of a marriage was over. While Jehovah does not step in with miraculous executions today, this account is a fitting reminder that no case of domestic tyranny or abuse escapes his notice. In his own time, he will always bring about justice. - Read LUKE 8:17.

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