and blessed be your tactfulness, and blessed be yourself for having kept me today from the guilt of shedding blood and taking vengeance into my own hands.
Waiting on the Father is a good stance to take, but that shouldn’t stop believers from doing and acting on their own Avigayil (Abigail) saves the lives of many of her husband’s servants because of how she intercepts David and his men. She also saves David from himself. Her clever plan, which involved meeting the problem head on, is a guide for addressing conflict.