Dear moms...

I know I told everyone to come back today for "Michell's Weekly Pearl", but I'll resume with that next Friday. However, it would be remiss of me to go into this weekend without paying tribute to all the wonderful mothers out there...know that you are loved and appreciated! So, I've pulled out an old post I did for Mother's Day back in October...IKR! I've tweaked it a little and it fits perfectly for this weekend!  In honor of all mothers and especially my lovely mother, Mary Lee Brown-Flemming, who passed away in 2007; who was, in my eyes, the epitome of

Throw your hands up, throw your hands up!

Sometimes we have to sit down, take a breath and regroup. Especially when we find ourselves starting to complain and gripe about our lives…where we are and what we are or aren’t doing. If no one else will say it, I will. In general, we as women tend to do this more often than men. I don’t know why…but we do. Single women want to be married, wives want to be single. Working mothers want to be at home with their children, stay-at-home moms want to go to work. Where does it end? When we start to

DO YOU WELL...

When I started writing my blog, I had ONE objective in mind…that was to encourage women to do themselves WELL.  As we close out the year 2012 and we approach 2013, I sit here excited, yet saddened. Excited because I have witnessed women free themselves by going on journeys in their lives they would have never dreamed of doing before; saddened, because there are so many women who have yet to do so. Unfortunately, they’re living a dream, however, that dream is not theirs…it’s their friend’s, their sister’s, or some other woman they may know, but sadly, the dream is not their own, better yet...the dream is not God's dream for their lives. It’s easy to get excited about some great idea that comes on the scene, or the new passing fancy; all those things may be good, BUT the question becomes are those things good for you? God has a purpose and plan for each and every one of us. Each purpose and plan is awesome in and of itself, however, if I’m trying to walk in your purpose and you’re trying to walk in mine, then neither one

Happy Mothers Day...

No, I’m not trying to be facetious, but want to encourage you to not forget the most important part of motherhood – NOT the accolades, recognition of achievements, the hurrahs or praise, BUT the fact that God even gave us children to steward over (watch over, care for, train and love) in the first place. Because He obviously saw something in us that qualified us for this awesome position, we should count it as a GREAT honor! How well we do at it, however, is left up to us. The mother who invests in her child’s life will be the one that child loves and honors. In life there are a few things we must get right the first go around – raising our children happens to be one of them, unfortunately we don’t

Throw your hands up!

When you’re frustrated because you’re dissatisfied or discontent, with where you are in life; all you have to do is “throw your hands up”, not out of your frustration, but out of your thankfulness to the Lord! When we find ourselves getting into that “ornery mode”(some of us more than others…and YES, that includes Believers) ;-)…you know, that  mode when we’re grumpy and ungrateful and no one can talk to us, lest they get their head chewed off. It’s during those times when God has a funny way of bringing back to our remembrance ALL the things we should be

Stop sweatin' the small stuff!

Am I the only one who thinks Martha gets somewhat of a bad rap whenever the story of “Mary and Martha” is the topic of discussion? If you’ve ever read your Bible, then more than likely you’ve read the story of Mary and Martha, right? If not, here’s the story in a nutshell … it’s about two sisters who welcomed Jesus into their home, Mary sat at Jesus’ feet, while Martha was busy cooking, cleaning and preparing their home….there DONE!;-)  The first thing everyone says when referring to this story is that Martha was just plain wrong! In my opinion, I really don’t think Martha's

I Give Up...Ugghhh!

“I GIVE UP”…the perfect place to be!! You’re probably saying to yourself…WHAT?! Yep…just where God wants us! My husband has a saying that goes like this – "don’t fret, don’t worry and don’t try to make anything happen". In other words, if it’s not working out - DON’T get worked up about it…go back to the drawing board ladies! Do you know how many times we’ve gotten frustrated and discombobulated because OUR plans didn’t go the way we wanted them to go – albeit, not once