I WAS HARBORING A FUGITIVE AND DIDN’T KNOW IT!

My husband and I share one car to take care of our daily task. As scheduled I was waiting for my husband to get home so I could go to class. This particular day I was more anxious than normal. This day I had to take a practical on a subject I struggled in. To avoid being late I asked my husband to be home by 430. 430 had come and gone. Not only that I was calling and texting him to no avail. It is safe to say I was very upset with him. He finally pulled up at 5:30. With only 30 min to get to class, I ran out to the car giving him a look that could have killed him if it had the ability. I was passed angry. After threatening him a little bit I hopped in the car and began to transfer my feelings I had toward my husband to my driving. Road rage started to set in all because I allowed anger to take over. Ridding the bumper of the car in front of me God began to speak to me. He started saying don't Harbor the fugitive. “OK…what fugitive? I asked in confusion.” God Responded, harbouring the fugitive of anger. God went on saying when you harbour the fugitive of anger it will begin to sew discord in your relationship with the end result of creating a thought that your husband has now become your enemy. Then God starts repeating forgive him over and over again. He has to repeat it because I did not want to forgive him. Eventually, I forgave my husband. In the process of forgiving him, I became aware of the reality of the situation. I realized that I overreacted all because my plans did not go as I planned them. It would be silly of me to decide not to talk to my husband for five days all because he was late coming home.

The point of me sharing this experience with you is to let you know that it is OK to feel angry but, don’t allow the feeling to take over your thoughts. Anger and unforgiveness will only lead to mental imprisonment. If we were to put this in a worldly sense, harbouring a fugitive is against the law and the end result is imprisonment. So be slow to anger and quick to forgive.