Episode 151: Forming Habits for Your Family and Yourself (w/ Justin Whitmel Earley)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
We all have habits in our life, both good and bad. In the words of today’s guest, “Our habits don’t change God’s love for us, but God’s love for us should change our habits.” Today I’m talking with Justin Whitmel Earley, a lawyer, speaker, and author of both Habits of Household and The Common Rule, and he knows a thing or two about creating habits. When it comes to our own life, intentional habits help form our heart towards the things that are most important. When it comes to our family, intentional habits communicate to our family what they should value and how they should spend their time.
As you likely know, intentionality in our lives doesn’t have to happen through “big” things; instead, a life of intentionality is formed by how we approach ordinary, every-day moments like mealtimes, bedtimes, and discipline. Today, Justin and I talk about how he has recovered from a distracted life, why it’s so hard for us to slow down today, how to form and stick with new habits, and so much more. I loved our conversation and I can’t wait to share it with you!
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| 0:00.0 | Meeting you right where you are on your foster care journey, this is The Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | Because habits don't change God's love for us. |
| 0:12.0 | I say this over and over in my writings on habits. |
| 0:15.0 | Habits do not change God's love for us. |
| 0:17.0 | The real meat of this is that God's love for us can and should change our habits. So let us |
| 0:23.0 | respond with enthusiasm and excitement of, oh my gosh, a new life is possible because it is. |
| 0:33.9 | Hello and welcome to the Forgotten Podcast. I'm your host, Jamie Cabe, and it is a great honor to be with you today. |
| 0:42.4 | You have come to the first episode of season 13. 13 seasons, you guys, that is, that's pretty great. |
| 0:52.4 | That means we have had so many conversations and we have learned |
| 0:55.7 | so very much. At least I know I have. We have really good conversations ahead of us this season and we're |
| 1:03.6 | going to kick it off with Justin Whitmill early. So you may recognize Justin as the author of the common rule or habits of the household. He is also |
| 1:15.1 | a lawyer, a speaker, and has a degree in English literature. If you've been in the foster care |
| 1:21.7 | community for a while, you know how very important routines and habits can be both for the children |
| 1:27.4 | in your care |
| 1:28.1 | and for ourselves as well. Spiritual habits, daily routines, bedtime, and morning rhythms. |
| 1:33.8 | All of these little things work together to form our hearts and form the culture of our family. |
| 1:39.0 | So how do we do it well? |
| 1:41.7 | Well, that's exactly what Justin is going to share with us today. Before we started |
| 1:46.5 | recording, Justin told me his hope in this conversation is to help parents and foster parents |
| 1:52.1 | remember how spiritual their vocation is and to remind us that the spiritual work really is |
| 1:57.2 | happening in ordinary moments. I think that's exactly what you'll find as you listen |
| 2:03.1 | today. Now before we jump in, if you're new around here, this podcast is part of our work at |
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