Our 12 Days of Giveaways begin tomorrow! We’ll be posting details here later today. Stay tuned!!

Last year, my {Jess} pastor did a powerful sermon series entitled, “Come to the Table.” In order to fully express his passion on the subject, he dramatically altered the dynamics of our sanctuary by turning all of the chairs toward the middle of the room and placing a large, beautiful wooden dining table in the center.

“Come to the table,” he encouraged us, “to join in the conversation of faith.”

He shared that the conversation is one of love and grace. That there is a seat for everyone at the table and more than anything we all must listen to each others’ stories.

As we prayed and considered the mission of GraceforMoms.com this message was at the forefront of my mind.

The image of moms, all gathered around a table discussing life and littles, precisely expressed our heart for this community. Our desire is to create a place of grace for moms to come and share life and stories and struggles in an atmosphere that is both accepting and encouraging.

I searched and searched for an image of a beautiful, weathered, wooden table for this introductory post. I came up empty and began to snap shots of my own dining room. As I walked in the kitchen to put down my camera, unhappy with what I’d captured, something caught my eye.

My inexpensive, dirty, chipped, nail polish stained kitchen table. . .complete with high chair in the background and filthy toddler seat at its side.

So I began to snap in a different direction. . .to capture the real life setting for our conversations. It is not pretty or well appointed. It is in the midst of messes and clutter and crazy, lots and lots of crazy.

There is a seat at this imperfect table for each one of us. Our prayer is that you will join us here so that we can learn from one another and grow on our journey of motherhood.

Welcome to the table. Please pull up a chair. We want to know you. We want to hear your story.

We want to share grace.

Love,

Jessica Wolstenholm

Jessica Wolstenholm is co-founder of Grace for Moms. She is passionate about writing words of grace for moms and moms-to-be. Co-author of The Pregnancy Companion book, she also blogs about TTC, infertility & pregnancy at ThePregnancyCompanion.com

More Posts - Website

Follow Me: