Family, I hope you’re having a beautiful day in the Lord. Truly. Because I know some of you watch this in the morning, some at night, some in the middle of the day — but regardless of when you’re reading this, I pray God is holding you tight and keeping your mind steady. ❤️And today, I want to talk about something REAL. Something that so many of us deal with, especially during the holiday season. And if you take nothing else from this post, please take this:Stop trying to sit in rooms where God never told you to go. Stop forcing yourself into places where your spirit already told you you’re not welcome.A lot of y’all are pushing yourselves to attend gatherings, dinners, family events, and parties with people who barely tolerate you, let alone appreciate you. People who only invite you because it “looks right” or because someone else wanted you there — not because they wanted you there. And baby, that is not love. That is convenience.You do NOT have to do that to yourself anymore.We don’t beg for bread. We don’t beg for water. And we surely don’t beg for love from people who don’t even like themselves half the time. God already told you who you are — loved, chosen, worth more than rubies. So why are we still trying to prove ourselves to people who will never see us the way God sees us?Some of y’all walk into these family gatherings already feeling the heaviness. You walk in stiff. Uncomfortable. Quiet. Watching every little thing you say because you know someone at that table can’t stand you. And the whole time you’re there, your spirit is saying, Get up. Leave. You know you don’t belong here.Listen — sometimes the most powerful thing you can say is no.Not because you’re being rude. Not because you think you’re better. But because your peace matters more than sitting in a room full of people who roll their eyes when you walk out, talk about you behind your back, and pretend to pray over you when they’re really praying AGAINST you.Some of y’all know exactly what I’m talking about — those family members, those cousins, aunts, uncles, even parents… who smile in your face but got jealousy boiling in their heart. You can FEEL it. You can sense it. And you keep ignoring it because “it’s family.”But God never said to sit at a table where you are spiritually unsafe.
God said love your neighbor, yes — but He didn’t say live with them, eat with them, or entertain their foolishness.And hear me: just because one person at the gathering doesn’t like you doesn’t mean you have to isolate yourself from EVERYONE. Don’t let Jezebel whisper in your ear telling you lies. Don’t let that spirit make you suspicious of everyone. If there are people who truly love you, spend time with THEM. Celebrate with THEM.But don’t sacrifice your peace trying to “prove” anything.God will sometimes use rejection to protect you.
Sometimes being left out is actually God keeping you safe.
Sometimes that uneasy feeling is the Holy Spirit saying, “Not this table. Not this house. Not these people.”And you better listen.

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