Through the lens of Young adult
Cain, Abel, and the line of Seth
Genesis 4 has a sentence about anger that is worth carrying around for the rest of your life.
“Why are you furious?… Sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it” (Gen 4:6–7).
You are in a season where anger comes easily. Anger at the people who seem to have it together. Anger at the parents who didn’t prepare you for this. Anger at the systems, the algorithms, the boss, the church, the friend who let you down, the version of yourself you can’t yet outgrow.
Anger is not always sin. But God’s word to Cain is: the door is open right now, and what’s on the other side wants to eat you. Unprocessed anger is not just a feeling. It is a doorway. And what walks through it eventually controls you.
Cain didn’t rule over it. He let it rule him. And then it cost him a brother.
One small thing today: name one anger you have been letting walk loose in you. Don’t bury it. Don’t justify it. Just say it out loud, to God, by name. Father, I’m angry about ___. See what he does with what you bring him.