Abigail

Light a candle and remember the presence of God is with you.

Cut out the pieces to help you tell this story.

There are times and places when women are treated as less important than men.

This is not right. God loves us all. (Pause.)

Yet, my name is still a part of God’s story.

Your name is also a part of God’s story. (Draw a heart with your finger.)

My name is Abigail.

Place Abigail in front of you.

My story is found in the part of the Bible where kings were ruling the Israelites.

Take time to look at the Bible timeline.

I married one of those kings, David.

David, however, had many wives at the same time. (That was normal a long time ago.)

I also had been married before to a selfish man.

Before David was king, he came to visit my home with my first husband. My husband was selfish and rude. He did not welcome David. As David was leaving, I ran after him with items from my husband’s home.

I gave David and his friend

• 200 loaves of bread

• 2 jars of wine

• 5 sheep

•  1 sack of roasted grain

• 100 handfuls of raisins

• 200 handfuls of dried figs

God had called David to be a future king and I did not want him to be angry with me.

The next morning, I told my first husband what I had done with his food. 

He was very, very, very angry. His anger stopped his unhealthy heart and he died. (Whoa!)

I then moved to live with David, and he became both king and my husband.

God guided my feet to walk away from a cruel person to someone who knew and loved God.

My name is Abigail. I am part of God’s story.