Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

started out herself to meet David. When Abigail saw David, "she
dismounted quickly from the donkey, fell on her face before David,
and bowed down to the ground. So she fell at his feet and said, 'On
me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be! Please let your maidservant
speak in your ears.'" Abigail spoke to David with as much reverence
as though she were speaking to a crowned monarch. She tried to
soothe his irritated feelings with kind words. Full of God's wisdom
and love, she made it plain that the unkind course of her husband
was certainly not premeditated, but simply the outburst of an
unhappy, selfish nature. She then offered her rich provision as a
peace offering to the men of David.
She said, "The Lord will certainly make for my lord an
enduring house, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord, and
evil is not found in you throughout your days." Abigail implied that
David ought to fight the battles of the Lord. He was not to seek
revenge for personal wrongs, even though persecuted as a traitor.
"And it shall come to pass, when the Lord has done for my lord
according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has
appointed you ruler over Israel, that this will be no grief to you, nor
offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without
cause, or that my lord has avenged himself."
The Abigail's faith, like the fragrance of a flower, breathed out
all unconsciously in her face words, and actions. The Spirit of God
was living in her soul. Her speech, seasoned with grace, carried a
heavenly influence. David trembled as he thought of his rash
intentions. "Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the
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