EP. 20 | The Village [A Beautiful Mess]

The Messy Table with Jenn Jewell

Jenn Jewell

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Today marks the TWENTIETH episode at The Messy Table (insert allllll the praise-hand emojis)! I want to start by shouting a gigantic THANK YOU to all of my amazing guests who have bravely opened up their lives and souls on this little podcast, for the sake of encouraging others and reminding us just how faithful our God is—even in the messes of life. I also want to thank YOU for coming alongside of us on this adventure. Grateful doesn't even begin to describe how I feel, but I'm humbled and expectant for all that's still to come.
So, thank you!
I couldn't think of a better way to commemorate this milestone than by inviting some of my precious friends to join me in the celebration! Today's conversation with Kristi Ivey, Lindsay McKee, Lacye Stewart, Ashley Clinesmith, and Kat Robinson (aka The Village) is rich! We chat about how to sustain friendships as adults and how to keep Jesus front and center during an otherwise commercial Christmas, as well as heavier topics like wading through foster care, infertility, and marriage struggles. There's loads of wisdom and insight pouring from these women, which has been gained through various experiences in various seasons of life. Grab your coffee and join us!

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0:00.0	Hey guys and welcome to the messy table where life is definitely not perfect, but God is always, always at work.
0:22.5	I'm your host, Jen Jewel, and I first just want to say, happy almost December. Christmas month
0:27.5	kicks off tomorrow, which might bring you great joy or totally stress you out at the thought
0:32.4	of crazy schedules and financial strain. The good news is we get to choose how we enter December,
0:38.5	and I'm praying and believing that this podcast will help us, myself included,
0:43.3	refocus and remember what it's all about,
0:45.5	which is the miracle of God becoming human to dwell with us
0:49.4	so that ultimately we can be with him forever.
0:52.2	Nearly 3,000 years ago, God used a man named Isaiah
0:55.1	to write down a bunch of prophecies about a coming Messiah, one of which is found in Isaiah 714
1:00.6	and it says, the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the virgin will conceive a child. She will
1:07.4	give birth to a son and will call him Emmanuel, which means God is with us.
1:12.8	The awesome thing is, we were born at such a time in history when we're not waiting for this
1:17.3	prophecy to be fulfilled because it already happened, and it was documented in what we now call
1:22.3	the four Gospels. Now we can spread the good news about our Savior who came in the flesh,
1:44.5	died of real death, rose again, and is coming back to redeem his prize creations, us. And that is why we celebrate Christmas. All right, if this is your first time in this highly imperfect space, know that I'm a people person and an extrovert, so I truly wish you were right here in front of me sipping coffee with your shoes kicked off. But since that can't happen at this very moment,
1:49.4	know that I'm honored to be in your earbuds or speakers as you're outrunning errands or getting
1:53.7	some work done or scrubbing dishes with a toddler clinging to your leg. No matter where you've been
1:58.6	or what you've done, there's a seat for you at this proverbial
2:01.6	messy table.
2:02.6	And speaking of, this is the 20th episode after launching last March and sharing these meaningful
2:09.0	conversations bi-weekly ever since.
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