{"id":4186,"date":"2024-01-12T13:01:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T13:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arisesister.com\/?p=4186"},"modified":"2024-01-12T15:30:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T15:30:57","slug":"beautiful-intelligent-woman-abigail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arisesister.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/12\/beautiful-intelligent-woman-abigail\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BEAUTIFUL AND INTELLIGENT WOMAN – ABIGAIL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Usually, people are described with attributes which communicate their personality. \u2018Beautiful\u2019 and \u2018intelligent\u2019 are attributes I believe every woman would love to have as a description of her personality. Nevertheless, there is a growing delusion of beauty and intelligence. These are being used manipulatively, corroborating the statement by Myles Monroe that when the purpose of a thing is not known, abuse is inevitable. It is therefore of essence to get an understanding of the purpose of the beauty and intelligence God bestows on us from the biblical woman Abigail who is described as the \u201cintelligent and beautiful woman\u201d.<\/em> Remember in this season, we were led to study about the women in the bible and how they were very instrumental in the fulfillment of God\u2019s plan for salvation. They were women God created and their stories are written to inspire us today.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

A certain man in Maon,\u00a0who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy.\u00a0He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing\u00a0in Carmel. His name was Nabal and his wife\u2019s name was Abigail.\u00a0She was an intelligent and beautiful woman<\/em> (1 Samuel 25: 2-3a).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Describing Abigail as an intelligent and beautiful woman is symbolic of the fact that she portrayed certain attributes which earned her such a description. The lady Abigail was married to a man called Nabal and they were very wealthy. David who was king of Israel and treated the Nabal and Abigail\u2019s servants in a very honorable way. When it was the turn of Nabal to return the favor, Nabal (Abigail\u2019s husband) despised David and his men. David was ready to fight Nabal which could lead to Nabal\u2019s destruction. Abigail\u2019s servant told Abigail of her husband\u2019s insolent behavior towards David and asked Abigail to think over it and see how she could handle the issue. Abigail acted quickly and took some of her possession, went to David, bowed to David, fell at his feet, called herself a servant of David and pleaded with David to listen to her, forgive her husband and spare his life. Abigail also discerned and spoke to David about the lasting dynasty God is making with David because David was working in God\u2019s purposes and she advised David not to \u00a0soil his conscience and what God is doing in his life with needless bloodshed by murdering Nabal. David responded to Abigail\u2019s plea in the following verses:<\/p>\n

David said to Abigail, \u201cPraise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.\u201d Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, \u201cGo home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request.\u201d<\/em> (1 Samuel 25:32-35).<\/p>\n

When Abigail returned home, her husband Nabal was drunk. She did not tell him anything that had happened until morning when he was sober.<\/p>\n

The following are some of the attributes we learn about being an intelligent and beautiful woman from the life of Abigail: So, who is a beautiful and intelligent woman?<\/p>\n