The Rages of Sin is Death

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I’m angry.

I sit here fighting against the guilt of that confession.

Why can’t you just get over it?

Those words ring in my ear. They sound like my father. He said that to me once when I was still angry a few weeks after confronting him for molesting me. After all I wasn’t a young teenager anymore; I was an adult Christian woman with her own children and he was a forgiven man. Blah Blah Blah.

Those words sound like church people I trusted. Forgive and forget. Honor your father. Be angry and sin not. Anger will eat you up and turn to bitterness. Blah. Blah. Blah.

Ugh. This is not supposed to be about my Christian past. This is about being angry. This is meant to be a place to rage. This fucking good girl shit runs deep, so much so that I type, delete, and retype the language in this sentence because I worry about someone reading it and being offended, on the internet, of all places. Geez.

The title above is not a typo. There is a bible verse that has been used to produce fear in order to maintain compliance that says the wages of sin is death. Well you know what? Everyone dies. So I guess the wages of life is also death. So if everyone dies either way, then I am going the rage until the anger subsides.

PS My father is a piece of shit and I am no contact. He simply uses pseudo repentance/forgiveness as a disguise to continue his grossness. I also do not claim any ties with organized Christianity.

6 responses to “The Rages of Sin is Death”

  1. DeCatalyst❣️ Avatar

    At times, when I’m really pissed I use cursive language to express my feelings. At such points, they feel like the exact, best-fitting words that can carry and express the rage I feel inside. Afterwards, I see myself feeling better. This are words coming from a good girl too.

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  2. Ruefully Unseen Avatar

    I totally understand writing in cursive to express anger. I tend to go back and forth between cursive and print if I am really mad. Thanks for reading my post. πŸ™‚

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  3. ropheka Avatar

    I got fantastic help dealing with a toxic mother on Chris Reese on youtube

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    1. Ruefully Unseen Avatar

      I’ll have to check them out. Thanks for reading. πŸ™‚

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  4. Jeff Avatar

    Wow! What a well written piece. I look forward to reading your work in the future. Glad I came across your blog. Peace

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    1. Ruefully Unseen Avatar

      Thank you so much. I’m glad you found me. ☺️

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