Reggae star Rihanna sings, “He knows I'm unfaithful, and it kills him inside”.
“I don’t wanna do this any more”, she continues, “But I just can’t be true”.
Around the net, reviews and comments on her song say something like “What a bitch!” and “He should dump that hoe!” But Rihanna’s song exposes something about the darker side of human nature that we’d rather not admit exists in us… That we continue to do wrong, even when we know it’s wrong.
Like Rihanna, we regret what we’re doing. But as the old proverb goes, “A dog returns to eat his vomit”. Something deep within us compels us to do stuff that makes us sick.
Yet, we go on pretending we’re not fallen creatures. Because to admit that, would be to acknowledge our need for God’s mercy. And we would rather believe He doesn’t exist.
Reggae star Rihanna sings, “He knows I'm unfaithful, and it kills him inside”.
“I don’t wanna do this any more”, she continues, “But I just can’t be true”.
Around the net, reviews and comments on her song say something like “What a bitch!” and “He should dump that hoe!” But Rihanna’s song exposes something about the darker side of human nature that we’d rather not admit exists in us… That we continue to do wrong, even when we know it’s wrong.
Like Rihanna, we regret what we’re doing. But as the old proverb goes, “A dog returns to eat his vomit”. Something deep within us compels us to do stuff that makes us sick.
Yet, we go on pretending we’re not fallen creatures. Because to admit that, would be to acknowledge our need for God’s mercy. And we would rather believe He doesn’t exist.