I was boiling some eggs, one time, and a close friend called
me to meet her for drinks. Immediately, I grabbed my purse and ran out the door,
forgetting that the eggs were still boiling. When I got back the pot had boiled
dry and eggs exploded all over the kitchen. There was egg debris everywhere…
ceiling, walls, and floor. Weeks later I was still finding shards of eggs
hidden in and around kitchen appliances.
I can’t explain the science behind it, but I know that it
has something to do with the inner temperature of the egg releasing explosively.
I give this example because something very similar happened
to me this week. I am the egg that boiled dry and exploded all over my
coworker.
I have worked with this individual for about a year. I know
she is self-centered and I have fallen victim to her antics many times. But what
I’ve been doing in the name of keeping the peace is going-along-to-get-along. I
never confronted her antics, I just figured a way to get around them to keep on
track with my assignments. But inside, my animosity toward her was building
like steam in a pressure cooker. For a whole year I fumed inside, without any
steam being released, and then Thursday morning… the explosion.
As another coworker put it, “I was hotter than fish grease!”
I found out the hard way that this kind of pinned up anger
is not healthy and is like a pressure cooker ready to explode. You think you’re
keeping the peace by not making waves but the person in chaos is you.
Not all anger is a sin…
When you’re angry, don’t let it carry you into sin. Don’t let the sun set with anger in your heart or give the devil room to work.
Give the Holy Spirit space to keep you at peace. Don’t give
that space to any other.