It's the account of a beautiful, wise woman who was married to a fool. In verse 25 of the text Abigail tells David that her husband, Nabal is what his names says he is, a fool, probably with an expletive deleted. This woman of character and accomplishment knew she was married to a fool who acted the part. Our teacher brought out the time tested truth that parents and other authority figures in a persons life play a tremendously important part in shaping the life of children who eventually become adults. Or adult for that matter.
Parents have a habit of thinking that they know more than kids.
The teacher told us that when his son was very young and taking some teasing because of his size Ole Dad sat him down and told him the meaning of his name. Son, God has given you a larger size so that you may live up to your name. In the ensuing years William became known around his little corner of the world as a big kid with a bent to help smaller, weaker kids. He is now a 6 foot 3 inch man and he still has a heart for the smaller, weaker people of the world. Good question, I hope you have a good answer.