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Bible, Women & Bathrobes, Episode 46

Bible Women: Abigail, part 2

Summary

Tamara, Tiffany & Amy discussed the second part of Abigail’s story from 1 Samuel 25:27-42. Abigail was a woman from the time of David, who parallels Jesus in her life and actions. Abigail, married to the rude and foolish Nabal, interceded when David's men were insulted and prepared to be killed. She approached David with food and pleaded for mercy, reminding him of who he was as his future as king and his pure heart. David, moved by her wisdom and humility, forgave Nabal and spared his life. Nabal later died, and Abigail became one of David's wives. The story highlights Abigail's role as a type of Christ, taking upon herself others' sins and making amends, and the importance of humility and wisdom in resolving conflicts.

Main Takeaways

• From Amy, “Sometimes we will be the one who says, whoa, whoa, whoa, I see you coming at me with swords and be really disarming. And sometimes we'll have to be the one coming with swords and have to say, Okay, I'm gonna lay down my weapons of war, because I can see the value of what you're saying.”
• From Tiffany, “She reminded him of who he was. And I think that that especially as mothers, as women, a lot of time, we see contention in our children, in our spouses, maybe possibly in the people around us. And it's so important that we remind them of who they are. Because when we recognize who we are and whose we are and that the Lord is with us and that he fights our battles, then it just automatically disarms that contention.”
• From Tamara, “And sometimes I think we feel that was so not fair. I need reparations for what was done to me. And we see here in Abigail that she took food in just immense quantities to make amends. And I can see the Savior doing the same thing in our lives-- I will make amends for all the wrongs that have been done against you. And it's just such beautiful imagery in my mind, of Him willingly taking upon Himself sins that were not his, making abundant reconciliation, forgiving wholly and completely with compassion and empathy and then helping us let go of the vengeful feelings--Helping redeem both the accused and the accuser.”

Additional takeaway from Tiffany, “I think that we as women need to understand that our voices matter, and that are like when we are speaking for the Lord, as Abigail clearly was, we can make miracles happen. We can change minds and hearts like she changed David's heart. And we can do great things for our Heavenly Father, if we are willing to open our mouth.”

Questions to Ponder

• How can we apply Abigail's example of humility and wisdom in our own lives when facing challenging situations?
• How can we, like Abigail, be "disarming" in the way we approach and respond to difficult situations and people? What does that look like in practice?
• Abigail reminded David of who he truly was - a man fighting the Lord's battles. How can we similarly help others remember their divine identity and purpose when they are struggling or tempted to act out of emotion rather than wisdom?
• Abigail was willing to humbly serve, even offering to "wash the feet of the servants." What does that kind of selfless, servant-hearted attitude look like in our own lives and relationships? How can we cultivate more of that spirit?

Today’s Podcast Hosts & Guests

Tamara K. Anderson

Tamara, founder of Women Warriors of Light, is a dynamic speaker, award winning author, and a podcaster. She is driven by her Christian faith to inspire faith in Jesus Christ. Alongside her husband, Justin, she navigates the joys and challenges of parenting four children with autism, ADHD, and mental health hurdles. You can find out more about Tamara on her website: https://www.tamarakanderson.com/

Amy Johnson

Amy is a member of our Women Warriors of Light Advisory Board. She is a leader of women, a homemaker, and a licensed cosmetologist. Amy enjoys nurturing women through betrayal trauma to becoming a beacon of support and inspiration.

Tiffany Fletcher

Tiffany is a member of our Women Warriors of Light advisory board. She is an author, wife, mother and an example of faith & courage. Through her life experiences she shares hope in coming from a place of darkness to light and love. You can find her on social media @tiffanyfletcher or on her blog: motherhadasecret.blogspot.com

Transcript

Tamara Anderson  0:00 

Did you know that there is a female symbol or type of Christ that we can find in the Old Testament, someone whose life parallels the life of Jesus in a certain way? We're going to talk about her today. So stay tuned.

Tamara Anderson  0:19 

Welcome to Bible, Women and Bathrobes, the podcast where faith meets comfort. Join us Tuesday mornings as the gals from Women Warriors of Light and their guests don bathrobes, and dive into the inspiring stories of women in the Bible and the teachings of Jesus Christ, from Esther's bravery to the Sermon on the Mount. We explore it all with warmth, laughter, sisterhood and maybe even a few sleepy eyed moments. Tune in live or at your leisure as we learn lessons from scripture which empower women today.

Tamara Anderson  1:01 

Hello and welcome to another episode of Bible, Women and Bathrobes. I'm your host, Tamara K Anderson, and joining me today are two amazing members of our women warriors of light advisory board. We are pleased to welcome Tiffany Fletcher back. Welcome Tiffany.

Tiffany Fletcher  1:17 

Thank you. I'm happy to be here

Tamara Anderson  1:19 

and also. Amy Johnson, Amy, thanks for being here.

Amy Johnson  1:22 

Good morning.

Tamara Anderson  1:24 

We are so excited to dive into the second half of the story of Abigail today. And I know last week, we left you on just a terrible cliffhanger. So just to summarize, if you didn't listen to last week's episode, there's a woman in the time of the story of David, when he is being persecuted by Saul and isn't King yet, who Her name is Abigail. And she is the wife of a man named Nabal. And Abigail is wonderful and kind and wise, and her husband is mean and foolish and angry and prideful and all these other words that just, you know, he's drunk. We're going to read about that today.

Tamara Anderson  2:10 

He Loves his money more than God, and basically David's men, because they were on the run from Saul, lived side by side with Nabal and his servants, they were kind of a wall to them, as they were protecting Nabal and his sheep. Nabal was very wealthy, and when it was time for the shearing of the sheep, David sent his servants Nabal and basically said, Peace be unto you. You know, we've been helping protect your sheep. Would you look on us with a, you know, a little bit of your abundance. It's this time of the shearing the sheep.

Tamara Anderson  2:44 

And basically, Nabal was totally rude back to him, dismissed the servants, so unkind, even though David's people and never took anything from them all during this whole time they were sojourning there. And so David is now coming to kill Nabal and his household because they were very, very rude to them. And the servant, Nabal's servants, went and told his wife, Abigail, what had happened, and she quickly followed the spirit and gathered a whole bunch of food and wine and currents and five sheep ready to eat, and goes and approaches David and bows before him and says, "upon me, let this iniquity be." You know, my husband is foolish. That is who he is. Don't let me take this upon me. Here's here's food.

Tamara Anderson  3:43 

And we kind of left off in verse 27 if you want to follow along, we are in 1st Samuel, 25. And so she has come to him. She said, let me take this sin upon me, and asking David to show mercy on her and her household. And and then in verse 28 This is another important part, she says, "I pray thee forgive the trespass of thine handmade for the Lord will certainly make my lord (meaning David) a sure house, because my Lord fighteth the battles of the Lord and evil hath not been found in thee all thy day. Yet a man is risen to pursue thee and to seek thy soul. (So he's talking about Saul there). But the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God. And the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out as the middle of a sling."

Tamara Anderson  4:42 

And so here she's reminding David of who he is, that he has been pure before the Lord, and that even though Saul is pursuing him, that God is basically fighting his enemies for him. And I think she's reminding Him of that, because in this instance, Nabal is his enemy, right? And we can pause right there thoughts on those verses, 28-29, Amy?

Speaker 1  5:14 

There's connector words in this part and Abigail, kind of, is prophesying here too, because she says, "Forgive the trespass of thine handmaiden." And then she says, "For the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house." And that talks about that speaks to posterity, and all of that. And that happens. We know that Jesus Christ comes through David's line, right? And then she says, "Because" another connector word, "my Lord, fighteth the battles of the Lord." You forgive me, because you will have this great posterity, and you stand by God, this is who you are. You fight his battles. And then I just, I think I love the phrase, "the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord." Because sometimes in this world that we live in, things seem really dark and scary and without light and life, and to be, to be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord is just this beautiful imagery, Just beautiful imagery and and I love that.

Amy Johnson  6:42 

But it's almost like she's prophesying, saying, You forgive me and you're going to keep this life of non evil going where you fight the battles of the Lord. And this is not that fight, this, this that you've girded up your armor to go do is not the Lord's battle. So keep Save your strength for the Lord's battle, and then you're going to see that he's going to continue to protect you.

Tamara Anderson  7:09 

Tiffany,

Tiffany Fletcher  7:11 

um, I love these verses because it shows that that she is, first of all, a humble woman. She asked for his forgiveness, and she really didn't, you know, have any trespasses, and she wasn't there when the servants came, so she didn't hear them. And I guess her husband, she takes that on herself as one of her trespasses. But as though she's think she's asking forgive me for speaking boldly in what I'm about to say. You know, kind of thing like. But, but the thing that I love about her is she knows that he's coming for revenge, like he even said he's coming for a revenge. She knows that he is angry and that he is ready to kill, he said himself all the boys of the household, like he's ready to just decimate all of them, right?

Tiffany Fletcher  7:53 

And she comes, and instead of, you know, sometimes when we get a situation like that, we're like, oh, no, don't do it. Don't do it like pleading for life. No, what she did is she reminded him of who he was. And I think that that especially as mothers, you know, like as women, like a lot of time, we see contention in in our children, in in our spouses, maybe possibly in the people around us and and it's so important that we remind them of who they are. Because when we recognize who we are and whose we are and that the Lord is with us and that he fights our battles, then it just automatically disarms that contention, right? It automatically is like, oh yeah, oh yeah.

Tiffany Fletcher  8:38 

Because Satan's really good about getting in our heads and using our emotions to get us to blind us to everything else, right? We just focus on that one thing, or like this. I'm doing this because I am justified and and I'm the king, and I'm going to be the king. I'm I'm going to do this, and, but in reality, like when she was able to say, No, David, this, this isn't you. This is who you are, and the Lord is with you, and you have had good. She said, Because my Lord fighteth the battles of the Lord, and evil have not been found in thee all thy days like you are a good person. David, you don't you don't need to do this. Just take this as a recompense and and have peace. Let go for your contention, let go of your desire to be avenged, and just remember who you are, and have peace with the Lord.

Tiffany Fletcher  8:52 

And and that's what I love about her, is she is just. She has this ability, and it's not a manipulative in any way. It's not like she's using it as a manipulative way to get him to stop she is sincerely coming to him and saying, David, this is who you are. This is who you are. Just continue being that person and and just walk away, you know? So that's what I love about her. I feel like as women, and that's something important that we. We need to do, you know, is to help people remember who they are, because it will help disarm them from and help unblinded them, help them see who they are and let go of the emotions that are motivating them, maybe in a negative way. So those are my thoughts on that.

Tamara Anderson  10:16 

Wow. So powerful, so beautiful. I just, I love what you guys have unpacked in these verses, both the the transition words and also helping people see who they reminding people who they truly are. Can change them. That's powerful. Wow.

Tamara Anderson  10:34 

Okay, so let's continue with the story verse 30, "And it shall come to pass." This is still Abigail speaking, "when the Lord shall have done to my Lord," moncerning me, and shall have appointed the ruler over Israel." So here she's kind of still on that reminding phase that God has prophesied you're going to be king of Israel. Um "that this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offense of heart unto my Lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless or that my Lord has avenged himself. But when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmade." So basically, she's saying here, someday you're going to be king of Israel, and you don't want this where you're taking in a role rof evenge, you know revenge, and it's not for God. You don't want this weighing against you at that day, and when that day comes, remember me. you know. Basically, remember

Speaker 1  11:37 

you know. And this we've heard in Joseph's story, right? Joseph says to the baker and the butcher, or is it butcher the butler, Jacob. Joseph says, Remember me when you're delivered? Yeah. And so we've heard this before. We've we've seen this before in throughout Scripture, where people have said, Okay, I'm going to help you out a little bit here. Now, remember me.

Tamara Anderson  12:00 

He does. Yeah, so let's continue the story. And it says, "And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel which sent thee this day to meet me, and blessed be thy advice, and Blessed Be thou which has kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging myself with my own hand." So he at this point his anger has been satiated. He's been reminded of who He truly is, as a noble son of God, as future king of Israel, that he does not want to kill this whole household. He is not on the Lord's errand. At this point, he's just acting out of anger.

Tamara Anderson  12:38 

Um, and then he says, "were in very deed as the Lord God of Israel liveth which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hast hasted to come to me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by morning light, any that pisses against the wall." So no men. He would have killed All men he would kill everyone in there in that place. And and so it says. "And so David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, go up in peace to thine house. See I have hearkened to thy voice and have accepted thy person." So we're going to pause right there and kind of look at these verses, any thoughts or things that you want to unpack from those verses, Tiffany will start with you.

Tiffany Fletcher  13:23 

I just love how David like, once she reminded him of who he was. He's like, Well, this is a wise woman, you know, and he and he thanked her for her counsel, you know. He's like, Thank you for your advice. Like, God, I know that God sent you to me to help me from doing this terrible thing that I was going to do. Thank you so much for for your counsel, and he recognized her as a wise woman and and I think that for us as women, that is a really key point of this, this story, because we live in a very patriarchal society, like, even though it's, it's getting better, like it's, it's very rare in some faith cultures that women are listened to for counsel. You know, even in the world today, you know, like we haven't even had a female president in the United States, like it's not, it's not. And I'm not by any way, stretch of the imagination of feminists, please. I'm not going that direction. I'm just saying how beautiful it is that, as a , as a as a man like, you know, a future king, he recognized the value of women and the value of women's council in his life.

Tiffany Fletcher  14:34 

I think that's beautiful. And I think that we as women need to understand that our voices matters, and that are like when we are speaking for the Lord, as Abigail clearly was, we can make miracles happen. We can change minds and hearts like she changed David's heart. And we can do great things for our Heavenly Father, if we are willing to open our mouth, and we're really, we're willing to, like, have the hard conversations with our children, with the people around us, and just really follow what the Spirit's inviting us to do. I That's beautiful.

Tiffany Fletcher  15:13 

And I, I also want to honor David in that, in recognizing that that her counsel is what saved him, and quite honestly, is a turning point for him, I believe, in the entire rest of his life, because later he married her for her wisdom and counsel, and I'm sure she was a great help for him in those early years, because she was his first wife. And I'm I just am so grateful. I think she was his first wife, right? His first,

Tamara Anderson  15:44 

well,

Tiffany Fletcher  15:45 

one of his early wives. Anyway, yes, we're not, I'm not. We're not certain about all of it was

Tamara Anderson  15:51 

There was Saul's daughter Mikall, but we

Tiffany Fletcher  15:53 

That's right. Anyway, he gave her away, don't but, but she was there with him from the beginning, right? She was there with the beginning, and her counsel, I'm sure was very, very valuable to him. Yeah, I just honor him in that

Tamara Anderson  16:07 

awesome Amy.

Amy Johnson  16:09 

And I get kind of personal, Tiffany used that word disarm, right? And I, I'm married to someone who's very disarming. literally in that he's, he's the diffuser. He's very good at at seeing my dynamite personality and diffusing the situation. And I see this, David has a really, he has a really awesome opportunity here, because she comes to him and she is disarming and says things to him, and he's humble enough to accept that and see the value of what she's saying. And so I think honestly, sometimes we'll have to play either side of this story in a relationship. Sometimes we will be the one who says, whoa, whoa, whoa, I see you coming at me with swords and be really disarming. And sometimes we'll have to be the one coming with swords and have to say, Okay, I'm gonna, I'm gonna lay down my  weapons of war, because I can see the value of what you're saying. There have been many times in my relationship with my husband where I have misunderstood the situation because it looked like something that had happened in our previous life, because my husband and I, we talked about our two lives, right? Even though we've never separated, and so I would I see something that looks so much like that previous life, that all the trauma in me and all the freaks out, and he's really good at disarming, explaining. And I have then I have to say, oh, okay, I see where you're coming from. And so I think it's really important to see both sides of that, but I'm trying to learn to be more disarming. Like Abigail,

Tamara Anderson  18:17 

Yeah, she's, she's very good at it, and I have no doubt that God guided her words. You know what I mean. And I think what's cool, I was thinking here in this story, that you have two God fearing people who are meeting here. One of them is angry, one of them is trying to diffuse, as as Amy was saying, but because they both love God first, they're they are both soft apart enough to find a reconciliation, you know. And I think that is what's beautiful here, versus, I'm sure, when Abigail has previously confronted Nabal, she was soft hearted, he was not, you know. And so there's a difference in how those situations play out just because you're dealing with different people, but it's beautiful here that because God is with both of them, they're able to find a quick reconciliation, and the right words are spoken, and there's a peaceful outcome. But it's beautiful.

Tamara Anderson  19:19 

All right, now, let's pick up the end of the story here with Abigail and Naball. It says in verse 36 "and Abigail came to Nabal." Now, you remember when this initially happened at the beginning of the story, she did not go and confront Nabal right then, I'm sure she was stressed and trying to prevent, you know, bloodshed in her household. She did not feel she was supposed to approach Nabal at this time when he was being prideful and haughty and he was kind of drunk. Abigail came to Nabal, "and behold he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabals heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken. Wherefore, she told him nothing less or more, until the morning light. But it came to pass in the morning when the wine was gone out of the ball, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him and he became as a stone. And it came to pass about 10 days after the Lord smote Nabal that he died." And I love that because she almost prophesied this, that God will take vengeance on Nabal because of what he's done against you. Um, don't you worry about it. And God did, he took his vengeance on Nabal. Um, anyway, any thoughts on those verses there? Let's see, Amy, we'll start with you.

Amy Johnson  20:41 

Just keep thinking the words, let God do what God's going to do. Um, God. God takes care of it. He takes care of whatever needs taken care of. And I've had to really work and learn in my life to not get in God's way of whatever lesson he's trying to teach, of whatever love he's trying to give, of whatever, whatever, whatever. And God has a lot going on and and he sees all of us. And so Nabal dies, let God do what God's going to do. Abigail goes and she acts with this amazing humility and compassion and generosity and this in the spirit and is rewarded with the death of a mean husband. Let God do what God's going to do.

Tiffany Fletcher  21:38 

I also, I agree with that. I love that. I also, I think it just shows what a good woman she was, because she didn't have to tell him, right? She didn't have to tell him what was going on. She could have just been like, No, I don't know what's going on, but she didn't, she was honest with him, and said, Hey, look, this is what I did. And I hope that she did it, and I'm sure she did I did this to save you, because he was coming to kill you, and all of our, all the men in in our household, our sons and and I did it to save us. And, and who knows, maybe that's why his heart failed him, because he was like, Oh, wow, I was a really horrible person. You know, we don't know why his heart, his heart turned to stone. We don't know if it was because of what he had done, maybe that feeling of regret, or what could have happened. You know, what could have been and she hadn't have stepped in.

Tiffany Fletcher  22:33 

But whatever it was, it was her heroic deed and then her courage to tell her husband that ultimately led to his death. So that's kind of it's awesome to see how God honored her and her choices as she moved through this story, right? And then in the end, she was rewarded with a beautiful, hopefully rest of her life, right, With David. But I just love how it just shows her character, her strength of character, throughout, even to the very end, she didn't keep it from her husband. She faced him despite the fact that he was a really cruel man to and she faced the consequences. And as Amy said, God did what he did, and she was she was released from that relationship in a in a way that kept her safe but also gave her freedom for the rest of her life.

Tamara Anderson  23:31 

Love it. I'm just going to summarize these last few verses, and then I'd love to dive into how Abigail is a symbol, or a type of Christ, so basically, David, when he heard that Nabal died, was like, ah, basically the Lord did take vengeance on here, and he kept his servant from evil. And then he sent his servants to take Abigail. He'd been so impressed with her. And of course, she was beautiful inside and out. And so he took her to wife, and she became one of David's first wives, which is beautiful. What a beautiful end to the story. So I thought we'd pause here in this story and just say, How was Abigail a type of Christ? And what, What did you see? What symbolism did you see in this story that reminds you of the role that Jesus played? And Tiffany. We'll start with you.

Tiffany Fletcher  24:28 

I think for me, it's twofold. I mean, it's the obvious one where, you know, she said she was that Savior figure for her husband, where she was like, let me take the iniquity? right, like, that's the that's the one that that is very easy to see, that she took upon herself what his sin was, and she helped pay the price for it.

Tiffany Fletcher  24:49 

But I think for she was also a savior figure for David, and that's the one for me that I think is very applicable to the rest of us, because she. So she gave him that counsel he needed to be able to move forward as a king in the future and and to be the disciple that God needed him to be. And I think that we can be like saviors, little s of course, not big S saviors, but little s saviors on Mount Zion, for other people. You know, as we are listening to that inspiration that God gives us, and as we in our families with our spouse and our children and our extended families and our neighbors, when God gives us the the spirit to share our testimony with them, we became we can be like that in in their lives. But ultimately, the Savior is the one we can go to, and he can be our counselor and our guide, as Abigail was for David, so that's the one that I just it really pricked my heart, because it's very close to home for me.

Speaker 2  25:59 

Oh, that's beautiful. Yeah. Amy,

Speaker 1  26:04 

I really, I agree with that. I I never. Paul talks a lot about a stumbling blocks in the New Testament and being a stumbling block. And I, my children, probably were exhausted of hearing we're not doing things so that people will think we're awesome. We're doing things so that we're not a stumbling block for somebody on their way to Christ. And that's been that's been at the forefront of my mind my entire adult life, is I do not want to be a stumbling block. And I, and I love how Abigail really could have- she could have been. Nabal was a stumbling block to David, and Abigail could have continued to be the stumbling block to David. But just like Jesus Christ, instead of hedging up the way to the Savior, or to God, She cleared the path. She came and gave David an out. And I love that she he, she cleared the path to God. And that's what Jesus Christ does. He just clears the path to God for me every single day he gives me an out every single day when my pride is just maxed out and it's just running the show. I know that I can back off and be humble and it doesn't matter, because it's not about me.

Tamara Anderson  27:46 

I've been thinking a little bit about how you know the symbol of the bridegroom in the new in the New Testament, how Christ is the bridegroom and the bride represents the church. And how I look at the marriage of Nabal and Abigail, and I see so much symbolism there. Because Israel was so back and forth in their commitment to God, just like we are, you know, we we're never Super constant. And we can see that same symbolism in Abigail and them all, that the Savior was loving and constant and compassionate, "upon me be their sins of my spouse. Upon me be the sins of Israel. Even though Israel is not constant, they're prideful, drunken with we've talked about the myriad of iniquities. And yet Jesus says "upon me."

Tamara Anderson  28:52 

And to me that is just so sweet and tender to see that marriage relationship here, mirrored between Jesus and His Church and Nabal and Abigail that. And then not only that, did she say, not not only "upon me," but she took and she made amends. And sometimes I think we feel that was so not fair. I need reparations for what was done to me, you know. And we see here in Abigail that she took food in just immense quantities to make amends. And I can see the Savior doing the same thing in our lives, you know, I will make amends for all the wrongs that have been done against you. And it's just such beautiful imagery in my mind, of of him willingly taking upon Himself sins that we're not his. Making abundant reconciliation. Forgiving wholly and completely with compassion and empathy and and then helping us let go of the vengeful. You know, helping redeem both the accused and the accuser. It's just so, so beautiful. I love this imagery of Abigail and the symbol of Jesus Christ. She's a good example of us. Ooh, I got a little emotional. Let's wrap it up. Takeaways from the story of Abigail, Tiffany. Let's start with you.

Tiffany Fletcher  30:53 

I also love I wanted to add to yours a beautiful explanation in the end, she also received the kingdom, right? She she received all that there was and and i It's, I think that it's a good reminder for us to be able to as women, recognize that there is good that we can do in this world, and that as we let the Spirit guide us, we can let go of contention in our own heart. We can help people become the kings and queens or Disciples of Christ that they need to be, as we follow closely to the spirit and are willing to give what we have in his service. And I think that that is what I learned from Abigail, just a beautiful reminder of giving what I have through the Spirit to serve to people around me.

Tamara Anderson  31:42 

Oh, beautiful. I love that. Thank you.

Tamara Anderson  31:45 

Yeah, that was wonderful. She we, I think my takeaway today is she did. She's got this final sentence that she says, right when the servants come to her and they tell her, Hey, David wants to you, and He wants you to take Come, take you to wife. And she bows herself this verse 41 "she arose and bowed herself on her face to the earth," and to me, that's in the prayer right. And then says, "Behold, let thine handmade be a servant, to wash the feet of the servant of my Lord." And that's where you really see Abigail's humility come out. Um, I'm, I'm kind of the kind of girl that I'm like, whatever God wants me to do, let me just put me in whatever corner of the vineyard you want me to work in, and that's where I'll work. And that's that's how I see Abigail, and that humility is just amazing. She's now been told you're going to be the wife of the future king, and she kneels down and says to the Lord, just let me wash the servant's feet. Let me be the servant that washes the servant's feet. And and for me, that's the kind of love of the Lord and humility I want to always nourish and nurture inside of me.

Tamara Anderson  33:15 

Wow, that's beautiful. I love the example of Abigail. I think what I love most about her story is how she invites the Lord into her life to be a part of her story in the good times and hard times. I can imagine being married to Nabal was absolutely horrid, and yet she was soft hearted, and she invited God in to help her problem solve even this most dire circumstance. She was familiar with God and he was familiar with her, and she let him be part of her story. And I think that's just a great example for all of us.

Tamara Anderson  33:58 

So thank you for joining us today, for listening to the end of the story of Abigail. She is such an example to us, and I hope you've been able to learn and feel of the love of the Savior as we have gone through this story, and that you can feel that love in your life as you go about solving your challenges.

Tamara Anderson  34:22 

Thanks for tuning in to Bible, Women and Bathrobes, hosted by Women Warriors of Light. We've loved exploring the stories of remarkable women or the teachings of the Savior today with you. If today's episode brought someone special to mind, be sure to spread the word, and don't forget to hit that subscribe button so you never miss a moment of inspiration and sisterhood. Just a friendly reminder, all opinions we share are entirely personal, as we are trying to decipher and apply Bible teachings just like you are. Until next time, stay faithful and may your journey. Be blessed and illuminated by God's love.

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