Starry Eyed: Chapters 1-2
- Anna Hunley
- Aug 3, 2016
- 2 min read
This year I am the new coordinator/director/crazy lady in charge of my church's MOPS group. I am over the moon (pun intended) to be getting deeper into ministry with my church. It's something I've been longing for and has come at the perfect time in my life. Imagine that?!? God is good, all the time. I digress.
The theme for MOPS this year is "Starry Eyed" and the CEO of MOPS, Mandy Arioto, wrote a book that correlates with the theme. Even if you're not a MOPS mom (which you totally should check out your local group) this book will appeal to you! You can find it on Amazon (like you needed me to tell you that).
My goal for this bookshelf blog is to get my readers reading with me. An online book club if you will. This will also keep me accountable to actually finish a book. Do any moms ever get to finish books anymore? Maybe it's a commitment issue. Maybe I should called a therapist.
Back to the book...
Mandy starts the book off with this hilarious story of crawling on the floor in a public bathroom to rescue her young daughter. I have never done this, praise the Lord, but I can totally picture the scenario in my head. God love her, this had to be awful! So right away, we're able to connect with Mandy. She's not a stuffy CEO. She is a regular mom, like us, grossed out by public bathrooms. She goes on to suggest how we find goodness in the dark. As Christians, we're always talking about the Light. How we are following the light, how we shine our light, the meaning of light, etc. We rarely talk about darkness in a positive light (there I go again with the puns).
Sometimes being in the dark is the only time we can see certain things. Mandy describes gazing at the stars under a moonlit night. We gain a different perspective at night. Genesis 1 describes God creating the world. When he creates night and day, he "declares, 'It is good'. This means that 'good' is both light and darkness, not either-or". (p.26) Mandy poses a question to her readers: does darkness extinguish light, or does light merge from darkness? I still haven't come up with my answer..that's a tough-y.
What do you think? Are there times in your life with light came out of darkness?
Blessings and brownies,
Anna
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