I spent most of my nights alone and would usually find Nabal passed out from drinking somewhere in the house in the morning. I soon came to understand what a blessing this could be except for the times his drinking would cause trouble which I always had to get him out of. To my chagrin the blessing was a two edged sword. My heart and soul needed a man who could fulfill my needs and desires, a man whose soul could knit with mine. A man who could share in life's joys and disappointments, a man who I could grow with in my walk with God. I was trapped in an impossible situation, the law of the Lord demanded I be faithful and true to the destiny I had been given. I accepted my situation and did my best to fulfill my obligations with a cheerful heart.

Then during the harvest and feast time, I was working hard to supply the needs of Nabal and the shearers for there was much to do when a servant came to me with much alarm in his voice. His story brought fear to my heart and caused me much concern. Nabal, my drunken fool of a husband, had insulted and railed upon a group of young men who had been sent from David the future King of Israel with a request for any provisions he might feel obliged to give for the services David and his men had provided in keeping his herds from being raided and stolen. Nabal as well as I knew the stories of how David had been anointed by the Prophet Samuel to be Israel's next King. He knew that King Saul was trying to kill David so that he would not lose his throne. Mirriam had told me many stories about how David, as a lad, had been protected by God when killing a bear and a lion while watching his father's sheep and of course everyone knew how David had faced the giant of the Philistine army and killed him when no one else had the courage.

How Nabal could hurl such insults at someone who had protected his herds from the Philistine raiding parties and befriended his herders I just can't understand. I thought to myself, he is probably inebriated and trying to impress his guests. I guess he doesn't have the good sense to realize David, with his army of 600 men, could come and take anything they wanted and more they could kill every man here. Oh well I shall have to make this right and save him again.

I quickly made haste and got together all the spare provisions I had put away, to be loaded upon the donkeys to send to David if I could but catch him before he arrived here at the house. As I rushed around making things ready I tried to remember everything I had heard about David and prayed God would give me the wisdom to calm his spirit and bring peace between him and Nabal.

As I thought of David and all the things Mirriam had told me about him I remembered Mirriam telling me what a handsome man he was, how he walked in God's will and how his reputation as a good man went before him. I found myself becoming excited to meet this man of God I had heard so much about. The more I thought about him the more speed I made to get on my donkey and go to meet him. As I rode my donkey down the road I could feel my heart race and when I saw him coming up the road my heart started skipping beats. Soon we would be face to face.

When I got close to him I dismounted and fell to the ground to present as humble an attitude as possible. He looked everything Mirriam had said of him and he listened to the words God gave me to say to him. When he responded with that beautiful smile and the words I had hoped to hear I knew everything would be all right. What made me say those last words to him I'll never know, "WHEN THE LORD HAS DEALT WELL WITH MY LORD, THEN REMEMBER YOUR MAIDSERVANT." All I can say is my heart was so full of joy at meeting this man of God, so unlike any man I had ever known I felt like I could fly home.

When I arrived back in Moan, Nabal was passed out so I held my tongue till the next morning. When I told him how close he had come to death he grabbed his heart and fell to the ground, ten days later he was dead.

Have you ever had all your dreams come true? It wasn't long before some of David's men came to Moan with a petition asking for my hand in marriage. I had never been so excited in my life, to think that the man of my dreams wanted me to be his wife. I could hardly believe it, the future King of Israel, a man after God's own heart and he wanted me to share his life. I would have been happy to wash his servant's feet just to be with him.

I lived with David in Gath for a while then we moved to Hebron where our son Daniel was born. Once when the Amalekites captured Ziklag I was taken captive but I did not fear, I knew David would go to the very doors of hell to rescue me and of course he did. Being David's wife was all I ever thought it could be. I can't even count how many times I have heard him say the words to me he said when we first meet: "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: And blessed be thy advice."

If I have learned anything in my life it is that God is always faithful to those who are faithful to Him.

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