Eternal Impact in the words of Jackie Kenney

Thursday, February 23, 2012

I don't believe that the challenges that women face have changed much over the years. I think that we have always struggled to balance family, work, and life.  Every day, we make difficult choices on how to spend our time and money and have the opportunity to place the welfare of our family over our own. 

We work toward contentment and remove the chains that bind us when the drive for happiness dominates our thoughts.  We are blessed with the opportunity to engage in work that has eternal impact.  Our job as a mom will shape our children and determine how they parent their children, how their children parent and so on.  This impact will roll forward forever.

It's a tough one for sure, this mom job, but we are up for the challenge because of the importance of the outcome.  As Jackie Kennedy said on August 14, 1963:  " If you bungle raising your children, nothing else much matters in life."

So today, let's choose to have a spirit of gratitude as we are allowed to make the choices to prioritize family.

" The Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb". Deuteronomy 30:9

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We love our Friends! Homework for Maple Grove MOPS

Friday, February 10, 2012

Hello Maple Grove Evangelical Free MOPS Group!  I am really looking forward to spending some time with you guys next month. We are going to talk about relationships.  We cherish our friends and the time we spend with them because God made us for relationship with Him and with others.  Our friends have a huge impact on how we feel and see the world around us.  We are strengthened by healthy friendships and can be drained by unhealthy ones that creep into our lives.  So next month, we will focus on what it takes to be nourished our friends (which is especially important when we are busy caring for young children!) 

To help you get the most of out of our time together, I'd like to ask you to watch a two minute video that has a couple of things for you to think about.  Watch video now.

If you have questions or specifics that you would like to cover, please send me an email and I will do my best to address it in March.  Send Kristen my question.

Until then, blessings to you!

Kristen

”Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4:23 (NIV)

Interested in hearing more about the Maple Grove Evangelical Free MOPS group? Email Rachel Seifert at maplegrovemops@gmail.com.

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Prep for February 8th Mom's Morning at CPC

Monday, February 06, 2012

Hello moms from Mom's Morning at Christ Presbyterian Church. I am looking forward to spending the morning with you on Wednesday to talk about choosing to live a life of contentment and peace. To help you get the most out of our time together,  I have a couple of questions that I would like you to think about for the rest of today and tomorrow.  Please click here to begin preparing to make powerful changes in your life and in your home.

Kristen

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