{"id":7633,"date":"2018-05-17T00:02:21","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T06:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/?p=7633"},"modified":"2018-05-17T00:02:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T06:02:21","slug":"the-power-of-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/the-power-of-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was recently asked the question, “Who have been the\u00a0three most influential people in my life?” Not an easy answer.\u00a0Parents. Sisters. Coaches. Friends. Pastors. Authors. In 39 years, a girl can have a lot of answers to that question, but I had to narrow it down to three.\u00a0One woman stood out to me in my mind, a woman who had seen something in me that I didn’t know was there; a woman who called me into community and into leadership. Her name was Cindy and she started a MOPS group at our church about\u00a0five years ago.\u00a0I watched her youngest son for her as I started raising my family of one, and then a couple years later, two of my own kids.\u00a0I had quit my teaching job to stay home and was thankful for this “stay-at-home” job.\u00a0She asked me to be a Discussion Group Leader at this new mom’s group at church. Me? Leading women? Me? Leading a discussion? Me? Speaking in a group?<\/em> To this introvert, it wasn’t my first choice or comfort zone.\u00a0 I could teach kids, but women? That was scary, but I said “yes” for some reason. Mostly out of my respect and love for Cindy.<\/p>\n

Fast forward\u00a0five years later and you would not believe the change this MOPS group has made in my life.\u00a0Beside friendship, encouragement, life sharing and so much laughter, this group has challenged me to be a Leader – to go where I never thought I would go.\u00a0And as I hear God’s voice calling me into this role of leading women, my doubts and fears and anxiety rise up all the time.\u00a0But I am reminded to be brave, to give myself grace, to do things the way God made me to do them and to love.\u00a0 I am\u00a0in my second year\u00a0as the MOPS Coordinator at my church, and\u00a0will go\u00a0into\u00a0a third year.\u00a0This is\u00a0a place I never would have imagined myself. I am growing as a Leader, a woman, a mom, a Christ-follower, a friend.\u00a0\u00a0I owe much of that to Cindy, who saw in me something that I didn’t believe about myself.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Erin Scheu\u00a0lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband and\u00a0three kids.\u00a0Her newest adventure is becoming a Wellness Revelation Fitness Instructor and following God\u2019s lead in what he will do with this. She gives credit to her MOPS Leadership experience for even considering this new, fun and also scary adventure.\u00a0Erin loves Jesus, her family, her church community, all her MOPS ladies, running, the outdoors, basketball,and coffee.\u00a0You can find her on Instagram @escheu22.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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