Before the MOPS year started and before I designed our blog site I penned many of the blog posts, so far this would be the fourth one I had written. I wanted to get the content and messages to share ready before I began working on all the fun stuff when starting a blog like the graphics, fonts and colors. I feel this is parallel with the holiday season and what some of discussions have covered in the past, how to we focus on the content or meaning of the season over the pomp and circumstance of the festivities and decorations.

I don’t plan on offering much more for this post in hopes that members will share their thoughts and solutions for focusing on the story of Jesus’s birth as the heart of the seasons’ purpose. I would also encourage sharing any family traditions, decoration ideas and solutions for introducing or revisiting the birth of Christ with your family. 

This is the handout from our meeting today:

Super Woman	Abiding Woman
Does	Is (Psalm 46:10)
Tries to impress others	Pleases the Lord (Eph. 5:10, Proverb s 29:25)
Is controlled by an agenda	Is controlled  by the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:22-26)
Her self worth is found in her accomplishments	Her self worth is found in an accurate view of who she is in Christ Jesus (Eph 2:10)
Her peace is found in her perfect environment	Her peace is found in Jesus in the midst of any storm (Is 26:3)
She is discouraged by failure	Failure reminds her that God’s strength is made perfect in weakness (2 Cor. 12:9-10)
She expects perfection from herself and others	She practices grace with herself nad others (Eph 4:32)
She teaches her kids to be good	She teaches her kids to be Godly (Prov. 22:6)
She is frustrated with her lack of spiritual fruit	She abides in Christ and bears much fruit (John 15:5)
She does things with her children	She builds relationships with her children (Deut 6:6-7)
Her perspective is based on what is seen	Her perspective is based on what is unseen (Col 3:2)
She chooses quantity of activities	She chooses the most excellent Way (I Cor 13)

Reminders:

Next play date is January 7th

January meeting is Tuesday the 21st - Meeting topic: Embrace Your Health

Turn in MOPS registration form and $23.95 membership fee as well as MOPPETS registration forms

Mom's Day Out - Dec 14th Christmas Shopping Trip. Sign-Up for the fun!!!