God's Faithfulness.

The joy that I felt soon diminished as I read the following chapter on the Fugitive Slave Law. As I read, I felt all of Linda’s hard work going down the drain, and I was scared for her. Then, while I was reading her escape letter, I felt that same feeling of hope that I had before. Linda was still optimistic even though she was not sure if she would see her children again. This was awesome to me, but I felt like I would feel so let down and scared. I would feel like the world had given up on me. Linda still faced this situation with the thought that “God will work all things out because we have been faithful.” What a statement to me. I feel as though she should have been angry and bitter, but she was not. I want to strive to have faith like Linda’s. I want to strive to have faith that, no matter what the circumstances, God will be faithful if I am faithful. And God was truly faithful to Linda, for in the end, her freedom was bought, and she was finally able to rest her head and know that she would never have to run again.