Ratchet Rehab: From Raggedy to Regal

By Natty Carter

Let's face it, some of us are addicted to lies, drama, chaos and confusion!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jul 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781312875692

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Ratchet Rehab: From Raggedy to Regal

ISBN:  978-1-312-87569-2

Copyright © 2015 Natty Carter

Step 1:  Admittance

Every rehabilitation program starts with one crucial step:  admittance.  Whether it be a drug, alcohol, or gambling addiction; we have to accept and admit that we are addicts.  Being ratchet is no different.  What is ratchet?  Ratchet, is a term for individuals who live less than appealing lives by acting out in manners that are disrespectful to themselves as well as others.  Ratchet is what we are in sin.

But mark this:  There will be terrible times in the last days.  People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God – having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with them. They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control of weak-willed women, who are loaded down with sins and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, always learning but never able to acknowledge the truth. 2 Timothy 3:1-7

Ratchet is everything and everyone described in that scripture.  Because we won’t acknowledge the truth about whom and what we are, we remain in sin; using grace as an excuse to continue living a lifestyle outside of God’s will.  Ratchet is synonymous with walking dead.  Though I was alive carnally, spiritually I had no life. Denial is the black veil over our eyes. Knowing that a problem exists and admitting that a problem exists, are two completely different things.  I knew there was a problem; however, pride would never allow me to verbally acknowledge it. 

We live in a world where it is completely acceptable to pretend that all is well while simultaneously drowning in lust, greed, pride, sloth, gluttony, wrath and envy.  Sweeping our dirt under the rug is commonplace.  But how long can one conceal their problems underneath the rug before that lump in the middle of the floor becomes noticeable?  Sure; the floors are hardwood, buffed and polished to perfection.  The walls are primed down and painted with the finest matte finished paint the local home improvement store has to offer and even