This year's MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) theme is "A Beautiful Mess". I am on the Bureau County MOPS steering team this year as the publicity chair, which means I've been out and about sharing the MOPS message and theme with lots of ladies in the past few weeks in preparation for our first meeting of the 2013-2014 year, which was held Tuesday night.
The theme has been very well received. Most of us moms have been waiting to hear this simple truth: our mess is beautiful, because Jesus loves us and has plans for us. He is using our mess to refine us into the moms He wants us to be. In fact, this year's Bible verse mirrors this message:
Anyone else needing to hear this lately?
My proudest moment from our meeting on Tuesday was showing an iMovie we created of our "beautiful" messes. Each member of the steering committee submitted pictures of real messes of her house and kids.
Beautiful Mess (2) from Christina Krost on Vimeo.
It is our goal this year to inspire our MOPS moms to live transparently and to give each other grace and encouragement. And we do that by being real and honest. None of us ever really has it all together, no matter how much we try to make it look like we do. We all struggle with something, though our struggles may differ. Having a support system of other moms can make those struggles easier, or at least less isolating.
I encourage any mom who has kids from birth through end-of-kindergarten to find a MOPS group. Go to MOPS.org to find a group near you!
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