Letters from Mom

You can't make this stuff up.

This morning I was getting ready for work and for some reason my mom's journal caught my eye.  I had glanced at it before but never really read it.  I don't know if it was just too hard, like I wasn't ready or something, but today on a whim I picked it up.

This is what I read:

"10/25 1 Sam 25; Samuel died, last of the judges.  Nabal means "fool"  Abigail means "My father is joy."  he was evil, she intelligent a beauty, Abigail chose to obey God, rather than her evil husband, as a wife may sometimes need to do.  She went David begging him not to wipe out Nabal and his men, so David listened to her and did not.  But God struck Nabal 10 days later and killed him.  David asked Abigail to be his wife, and she did marry him, becoming his third wife.

Prayer. Oh Lord, I pray that I would be a godly woman like Abigail, beautiful and intelligent, but mostly putting You first in my life, even before my husband.  I pray that I would know You so well that I would follow You to the letter, not ever fearing what man may do to me.

action: Don't be afraid To go against my husband on something I know is against God's will or His ways."

Mama would be home with the Lord in less than a year later.  What great faith she had.  I know that even if she had the opportunity she wouldn't come back here.  Even to meet her little granddaughter, Abigail Linda.  When I named Abby I had no idea my mom had wrote this.  I think she would have loved her name.

I think I am going to blog more of my mom's journal entries.  This is really good stuff!  I hope it ministers to you as much as it has me.