Protect YOUR RAGE

An invitation to protect your rage.

Rage is not inherently unholy. 

Rage has a time and a place.

The discourse around certain emails is abundant. While it is important not to bury our heads in the sand, the oversaturation of information in this Post-Truth Era causes harm to the soul.

Not every one of us needs to know every detail of the subject matter. Sometimes acknowledging that it exists is enough.

There are people for whom the details are their job to know. There may even be some- far and few between- who are called to intercede for the victims in the details. Everyone else has an agenda to their knowledge, from morbid curiosity to clickbait, FOMO to trauma tourism.   

Stepping away from the details of horror does not invalidate the horror, nor does it indicate your level of care for the victims of such horror.

Disengaging from the circus may actually bring you into a deeper awareness of the heart of God for his people.

As humans, we were never designed to carry all of the weight of every tragedy. Each tragedy matters, but to suppose that we must care about each and every one is to idolize our compassion into the image of God. Don’t ignore what tugs on your heart. But release what doesn’t. It doesn’t make us callous. It makes us human and, perhaps, a tad bit wise. 

I invite you to sit with what you already know, offer your disgust, your anger, your lament to the Lord, and let further details go. Step away from talk shows and TikToks for a beat. Sit in the rage that sex trafficking of children has- and continues to -happen. Sit in the depth of God’s love for the victims. Acknowledge the evil at work in the perpetrators. Listen to what the Holy Spirit speaks into your rage. Because, unless you are in a unique position to do something in government, law, or advocacy, most of us carry the rage within us. We have nothing helpful to do… Except wrestle with God. 

I invite you to step away from the screen and into the ring of contention and intercession.