I was introduced to MOPS years ago. I had heard about it before C was born and saw it as a special, secret club that only moms could attend. In the blurry, messy, exhausting time of new motherhood, I went to my first meeting. And it was at that meeting that I met so many other moms that were on the same journey I had just begun. Some of them had walked that path for years before I started, while others were just like me, sleep deprived and barely functioning, but eager for connection and filled with fears and anxieties about being a mother. I found friends and encouragement, and through the years I have seen it provide that for so many others as well.

This year’s MOPS theme is “We Are The Starry Eyed.” It is a call to embrace wonder, hope, and kindness. It’s making the choice to see the good in all the darkness, to make a difference, to fight the cynicism, and to make an impact. It’s leaning on a God of infinite power and wisdom and expecting Him to work amazing things in our lives… Great and unsearchable things!

Thus says the Lord who made the Earth, the Lord who formed it to establish it… call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Jeremiah 33:2-3