Hello, fellow just wanting to shave my legs, gals!  I apologize for not getting another post up sooner! I could go through a million excuses, but none of them matter, and only one of them would be the true reason for my lapse in blogging.  I am going to tell you that reason since that’s what this blog is all about…being real.  We all are not perfect, and it’s okay, as women to admit to one another those imperfections.  So, here it goes…I just haven’t felt like it.  Up until a few days ago, I haven’t felt like doing much at all.  I have been unmotivated and frankly, a little stuck.  I couldn’t ever put my finger on exactly what was pulling me down into a few pity parties, and not FEELING like doing anything.  I do deal with depression, but it wasn’t like I couldn’t get up in the morning.  I have been there, and this was not one of those times.  I got up, but just felt tired, blah, and didn’t want to do much.  I was down, and my voice was echoing, but I wasn’t down in the pit…I was just heading that way.  I didn’t FEEL like cleaning, doing laundry, talking to people, and doing anything else that involved effort.  As God started to pull me up, I realized that I needed to write about this time.  There are lots of instances where we don’t FEEL  like doing something.  We don’t FEEL like going to work, we don’t FEEL like making dinner, we don’t FEEL like taking care of our kids.  But, we do…we do what we have to do.  We might sigh a big sigh, or cry a big cry, but then we step up and do it.  However, what about when we don’t FEEL like praying, or FEEL like reading our Bibles?  I realized because I hadn’t been reading my Bible regularly, I didn’t FEEL like reading it…I wasn’t in step with how God wanted me to spend my days.  I couldn’t believe how short of a time away from Him made me fall.  God gave us His word because He knew we would need it, whether we FEEL like it or not.  We can’t FEEL some of the things that God tells us…We are His children, we are who we are because of Christ, we are forgiven, we are loved unconditionally, and we have a purpose on this earth.  These are God’s truths, whether we FEEL them or not.  There are days we don’t FEEL any of it, but we have to believe it, because it’s what God says in His word.  Not feeling like doing anything?  Not feeling like you have any worth?  Not feeling like you are forgiven?  Not feeling like you can make it one more day?  Not feeling like reading the Bible?  Read it, it is exactly the right time for you to read it, whether you FEEL like it or not!  I suggest Psalm 145, as a friend suggested to me.  Praise His name everyday, and He will take care of the rest…

“The Lord upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.”

Psalm 145:14