Georgia Rule

 If you have not seen the movie Georgia Rule, go see it. It is free on YouTube. The two main themes ironically are themes from the life of my family and my boyfriend. One is drinking and the other is childhood sexual molestation. When people drink, there is a reason. Usually, it is that no one properly loved them. When teens act out in bad ways, there is a reason. Generally, they were molested by someone close to them as a child. Not that we are all excused for any bad behavior, but God gives grace to those who have been through a storm that seems to last for life. 

No one wants to believe stories that kids tell of sexual abuse. Is it because we think the child doesn't matter? Perhaps most people think the child doesn't have any value until they reach 18 and start making money? 

A lifelong verse I have held onto, as odd as that sounds, is when Jesus said, "If anyone causes one of these little ones to sin, it would be better if a millstone were hung around their neck, and they were drowned into the depths of the seas." That means if any man, or woman, molests a child, they really should get the death penalty. An adult cannot molest a child and still be a normal human being. They deserve to die. They will only hurt society more if they go on living. If I ever become president, which would be cool, I would make a new law giving the death sentence for every single child molester, no matter how severe the molestation. 

There was a video I saw a long time ago of a woman who was Ms. America. Her father was raping her and her 3 sisters every night their entire teen years. How does that happen? How can a father turn on his daughters like that and do that to them? My dad told my mom his intention was to rape me. Why she decided to stay married to him another year, I could never understand. She is dumb, but a lot of women are when it comes to "love."

Some men only think with their penis. They don't have any self-control. Maybe they aren't in love with the woman they are with. Then leave. Don't molest a child. You picked who you did to marry, and you have to live with it. If you want someone else, find a single adult, not a single child. 

In the movie you never can tell if the daughter is telling the truth, that her step-dad raped her. Child molesters are good at appearing innocent and good. They are good liars. No one would ever think they are con artists in a family. Ironically when the horror movie step-father came out, my step-dad told my mom to not let me see that. Why? Because he knew he was in disguise. He was not as innocent as he made us believe that he was. The entire movie is about the son trying to figure out if his step-dad is a killer or not. 

Don't just assume that everyone is a good person. People can easily be a wolf in sheepskin. See past the disguise to what is underneath. You have to learn to be "as wise as serpents but as innocent as a dove."