We all used to say it about our friends growing up, when our parents told us we couldn’t do something we saw everyone else doing….“So and So’s mama said they could!!” And what was always the rebuttal? “Well I’m not So and So’s mama!” I always wondered why it seemed as though people around me got away with so much more, or was able to just do so much more than I could.

I got teased quite a bit during my years in school, so even though I had a handful of friends, I spent the majority of my time with my cousins. I loved being around them because it seemed like they were invincible. Like seriously yall, they literally could do no wrong in my eyes, and they did whatever they wanted. This one time in particular, I begged my parents to let me go with them one night to…

If you haven’t already had them they’re coming…those days you DON’T want to hear or read the Word of God.
Do you love God? Yes!
Do you love His word? Yes!
Do you trust Him? Yes!
Are you turning away? No!
But, some days you feel…

So heavy…

So dark…

So busy…

So distracted…

So discouraged…

So apathetic…

So numb…

So upset with God…

That you know you need to read…need to pray…need to hear a word from God, but when you’re honest with yourself…You just don’t feel like it. You just don’t want to.
Someone may come to you with an encouraging word, and you just aren’t in the mood to hear it.

It’s time to go to church, but you just don’t want to go.

Were you always in the mood for a pep talk from your parents? Of course not, but that doesn’t mean you don’t love…