Mia Banducci is an author and self-described "Spiritual Fairy Godmother," better known online as Mia Magik. She is also the inventor of the latest fad for angry (white) women. The fad? Rage Rituals.
USA Today reports a new, expensive wellness trend — “rage rituals” — in which women pay thousands of dollars to retreat to a safe and remote location, call to mind everything that's ever annoyed them, and then scream, flail and rage while hitting the ground with sticks.
Some women are angry because they feel they have been betrayed by others. Some feel that they have been thrust into roles by feminism—that they are not designed for. Some are angry because of unresolved moral failure (or depressed ). Some are frustrated by choices they have made, and can’t forgive themselves. Some are angry at God. Anger is their miserable companion.
'Rage rituals' have been getting attention on social media, with the following post suggesting that they are becoming increasingly popular with women. You might say it’s all the rage.
A lot of modern women have been taught that their happiness is the center of the universe. That is, it comes entirely from within themselves, and traditional norms and men in general are the biggest obstacles to their happiness. No God, no service to others, no self-sacrifice - just 100 percent focus on themselves will bring happiness and virtue to their hearts (1 John 4:5).
Once they discover this isn't true, the emptiness in their heart is filled with bitterness and anger. Many of them carry the unique pain of killing a child, hating themselves and believing that God hates them. Rage rituals—for them—is just another human attempt to create peace out of self worship. It doesn’t work. It makes them childish, instead of child-like (Luke 18:17). There is a solution, friends.
Spiritual Issues
The solution to sin or spiritual issues is repentance. We turn to God and say “I was wrong.” I acknowledge and renounce my sin in - - - - - - -. I ask you, Lord Jesus, to take back the ground I gave to the enemy, and I yield the ground of my heart to be totally under your control.”
Emotional Issues
The solution to emotional issues is to take the pain to Jesus. The One who in Luke 4 said,
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.”
Emotional issues are not repented of. They are taken to Jesus and laid at His feet like a inferior offering. “Jesus, what can You do with this pain? Are there any lies I believe that are contributing to this pain? Do you want me to carry it for the rest of my life? Do You want me to be miserable? Would You speak peace to my pain through Your Holy Spirit? Would you break any lies I believe, with Your divine truth?”
When a person goes to Jesus in this manner, He will accept, forgive, and heal you. Joy can come into your life and peace, glorious peace. You can stand a little taller, glance at yourself in the mirror without deep shame, and look humbly to heaven for your Help with joy.
Rage need not apply. We all were by nature, children of wrath (Ephesians 2:3), but through humble conversion to Christ, we are now the children of God. In place of wrath there is now peace, hope and joy in our hearts. Our consciences, once a parking lot for anger and defilement, can become purified in Him.
Our life becomes a lighted candle, we don’t curse the darkness anymore. We are the children of light (Ephesians 5:8).
Angry people will ask you “What happened to you?”
Tell them (Acts 4:20).
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“For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard” (Acts 4:20).