1 Samuel 25

"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...So she fell at his feet and said: “On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be!" vv.18-19,24

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Abigal is an amazing godly woman.  We see her make haste to provide so much food for David's men, this shows that her and Nabal must have been well off.  This wasn't just to practice hospitality but to save lives of her husband and whole household and town.  Because of her husband's pride she had to clean up his mess.  I wonder how often something like this happened where Abigail had to set right what her husband went wrong in.  This may look like Abigail wasn't a submissive wife with going behind her husbands back to do something he already said no to, but in this case Abigail chose to go along with God than her husband, God is what can always trump any authority.  We also see her take the blame for her husband when she speaks with David, respecting her husband even though she knows he's a fool to fight for him.  How many wives that are struggling with their husband show respect for their husband when they're not around?  What other qualities of Abigail do you see and what ones do you desire to practice more?