Bible Study: The Story of Abigail and Nabal (A Role Model for Wise Women)

The name Abigail is Hebrew and it means "my father's joy". Because of the story about this man in the Bible the name Nabal gained the figurative meaning of being shamelessly malodorous.

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• For those who are not familiar with the Old Testament story of Abigail and Nabal, it is as follows:

She is described as “a woman of good understanding” (1 Samuel 25), the wife of an unreasonable scoundrel, named Nabal, who provoked the anger of a future king of Israel, David. So ferocious was David's anger that he determined to wipe out the entire house of Nabal. The servants told Abigail what her husband had done and also clarified their report by saying that David had been very kind to them and had protected them from ruthless marauders. She immediately prepared food and took it to David and his men; apologizing for her husband's disrespect and insult; and imploring David to have mercy on those who were innocent and meant him no harm. Her actions caused David to have a change of heart. She also won his heart. When she informed her husband that he had almost caused the death and destruction of his entire family, servants included, he apparently died from shock!

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Practical Advice: Life Choices You Won’t Regret

In my life there have been many choices I made and I have absolutely no regrets. What about you? 

We are going into another new year and despite the fact that this year has been OVERLOADED with difficulties and sadness … the world keeps turning! And unless you have figured out a way to stop the world so you can get off … you’re going to keep carrying on.

I found an interesting article by a guy named Thomas Oppong. He’s kind of like a motivational speaker type and gives people advice to help them Stay Calm and Carry On. He wrote an article titled You Will Regret These Choices in 10 Years and … honestly? If I made those choices I would regret them the next day! It wouldn’t take me 10 years. I’m a quick learner.

According to Mr. Oppong, these are the choices you will regret.

1) Waiting for a Perfect Time

2) Waiting to Be Picked

3) Living Someone Else’s Dream

4) Failing to Try

5) Giving Up Too Soon!

There are 2 quotes I extracted that I really like. I collect quotes and share them.

“Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.” ~ John Quincy Adams

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” ~ Wayne Gretzky

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I have lived and made it past the half century mark (50 years). The minister at my church say: “No matter what anybody tells you, when you go past 50 your life is HALF OVER!” How’s that for realistic thinking?

It’s true your life is half over but you are still living and that means each day you wake up … it’s a brand new day. Who knows what you will accomplish … IF YOU TRY!

I won’t have regrets about making the choices this guy listed because they are not choices I would ever make in the first place.

1) Waiting for a Perfect Time ~ Hello! What is a “perfect time”? Yes. Timing is important. Some people say “Timing is everything”. But I don’t think it’s EVERYTHING! Rather, I agree with Bruce Lee’s philosophy. He said “If you love life, don’t waste time, because time is what life is made of.” If I approach my daily life with that kind of attitude there’s no way I’m going to … wait for it! Wait for what? Once the time is gone, I’m not going to get it back!

2) Waiting to Be Picked ~ Uuuhh? Who’s doing the picking? The only time I’m waiting to be picked is when I will be standing in line waiting to be called to enter in through the gates of heaven. LOL.

3) Living Someone Else’s Dream ~ How do you even know someone else’s dream? If you have overbearing dominating parents who insist on making you live their dream, then I can see where this might be a problem for a child. Fortunately, my parents never tried to force me to live up their “dream”. They did do their best to try to make sure that I would be able to pursue my dream.

4) Failing to Try ~ Look at this way. From the time you begin to know yourself, practically everything you do in your life, you have to try to do it first. You have to try to crawl. You have to try to walk. You have to try to eat with a spoon. So what’s the big deal with TRYING? Surely you’re not going to use that lame excuse about being afraid of failure. Are you?

5) Giving Up Too Soon! ~ I love Kenny Rogers. He’s a popular American singer/songwriter and one of the souls we lost during 2020, before they announced the pandemic. {Kenneth Ray Rogers (August 21, 1938 — March 20, 2020)} One of my favorite songs that he used to sing was called “The Gambler”. I like that song because of these specific lyrics:

You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em.
Know when to fold ‘em.
Know when to walk away.
And know when to run! …

… the secret to survivin’
Is knowin’ what to throw away
And knowin’ what to keep …

That’s life! It may take some experience and some seasoning. But you need to learn that in most situations in this life … it often boil down to 2 choices. You either hang in there OR recognize when it’s time to give it up.

If you learn this … nine times out of ten, you’ll have a wonderful life. I won’t say that you’ll live a life with absolutely no regrets. But you won’t have any regrets because you made these particular choices, because you didn’t make them.

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7 Lovely Logics and What They Mean to Me

Found a wonderful quote-pic which lists "7 Lovely Logics" and indeed they are quite lovely. No doubt, just like me, every person could read them and supply their interpretation of what these logics means to them.

1) Make Peace with your Past, so it doesn't spoil your Present.

This saying is so true. You need to realize that very few people go through life without making mistakes, without doing some things they regret, etc. Nobody is perfect and sinless. There may be people who won't -pic forgive you and choose to make peace with you. But if you can open your eyes every day and find something productive and profitable to do for the Present time that you have, then, DO IT! You can't FORGET your Past. Nevertheless, it's over! You can't go back to relive that time in order to do things differently. But you can make peace with yourself and Carry On.


2) What others Think of you is None of your Business.

Take this advice with a grain of salt. There are those who love you dearly and think very highly of you. They want others to think highly of you too. What they think of you IS YOUR BUSINESS. Listen to them and weigh their words very carefully IF they criticize what you say or what you do. They are very likely telling you something that's for your own good. But as for the HATERS? You don't need to give their words half an ear. IGNORE THEM!


3) Time Heals Almost Everything. Give the Time, Some Time.

I have lived long enough to know that time does heal almost everything. “Almost”. There is some pain you feel in your heart that doesn't heal, no matter how much time passes. The hurt doesn't go away. You just learn to live with it.


4) No one is the Reason for your Happiness, except You yourself.

Don't rely on or depend on others for your happiness and joy in life. But if there is someone or some people who ARE THE REASON for your happiness, count your blessings.


5) Don't compare your Life with others. You have No Idea what their journey is all about.

I wonder if the person who wrote this quote knew my mother. My mom used to tell me that constantly. Don't wish for the life of other people because you don't know what's happening in their lives. I took her advice on this.


6) Stop Thinking too much. It's Alright not to know all the Answers.

I say: There's no such thing as thinking “too much”. You should think as much as you want. But your thoughts won't always produce the answers to all of your questions. And that's OK. Lots of people live their life with unanswered questions. They still live!


7) Smile. You don't own all the Problems in the World.

Smile BECAUSE you don't own all the problems in the world. I would also like to add some advice that I once heard from a psychologist. She said: Recognize when the problem is YOUR problem and YOU need to solve it. Don't take on somebody else's problem and make it your problem. If it's their problem, they need to solve it.

Can I get an AMEN?

Hope you enjoyed reading this.

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