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Being a Woman of Influence

Posted by jesstrump

January 24, 2007 |

elisa.jpgA friend of mine recently showed me an article in Today’s Christian Woman about the CEO of MOPS International, Elisa Morgan. Since I help coordinate a MOPS group at our church the article interested me.

I found this woman to be fascinating. Not because she is CEO of a huge organization. Not because she is a wonderful writer and speaker. Those are both great things but the thing I loved most about her in this article was her humbleness.

I think most people assume that if you are a Christian woman, wife, and mother doing all the things God has told you to do that you will be exempt from pain and hardship. Elisa’s story proves that this is not true at all. She raised her son and daughter in a loving, Christian environment instilling biblical values and morals but still her daughter ended up a pregnant teenager and her son became a drug user.

Here is a brief excerpt from her story.

“We are responsible for how we influence our child, not for how he turns out, and that’s freeing. I remember being incredibly judgmental over a third grader who watched some TV show I didn’t let my kids watch. I had no idea how arrogant I was toward others: Well, if they just would do like I do it, their kid would be fine. That was until I realized I’d done all those things, and my kids still made painful choices. I hung my head in shame. I guess what I want to scream is, We’re all the same! When you look at another person, you don’t know what’s going on beneath the surface. So let’s be compassionate toward each other and, as much as we can, share our needs with others.”

Another point she made in this article was how we don’t need to wait to become a woman of influence, we already are one. Whether it’s at our job, while we carpool, or at the grocery check-out, we are influencing those we are around one way or the other. We need to take advantage of the opportunities God is placing in our lives now.

Elisa has chosen to take God up on his promise to work all things together for good and is using her experiences in motherhood to train and influence young mothers through M.O.P.S.

How are you choosing to use your influence on those around you?


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