Finding Purpose in Pain and Suffering with Davey Blackburn

Famous at Home

Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In 2011, Pastor Davey Blackburn moved from South Carolina to Indiana to plant a church with his wife, Amanda. By late 2015, coming back from a staff retreat, Davey and Amanda were feeling encouraged and seeing the church beginning to establish roots. A few days after that retreat, Amanda, who was also pregnant with their second child, was caught up in a home invasion and shot three times. Their son, Weston, who was in his crib at the time of the invasion, was left unharmed. Unfortunately, Amanda died the next day, four years to the day they planted the church.

The details of how God showed up, and what emerged out of the pain, was remarkable.

Davey joins the show this week to discuss the trauma he endured, his journey toward healing, and how his newly blended family prioritizes being famous at home.

What came out of his story is a ministry called Nothing is Wasted. He shares how this ministry began and the purpose behind it: Helping people partner with God to take back their story to find purpose in their pain. They match people all over the globe with someone who also went through a similar pain.

In this episode, Davey talks about: 

His own grief journey following the murder of his wife and unborn child
How to walk through our own trauma and how Jesus shows up in the middle of our story
What he means by “running towards the roar”
Why not to look at triggers as the villain, but an invitation by God into deeper healing
How he and his wife Kristi blended their families
How they parent through the lens of, “Is this a trauma response,” or “Is this normal childlike behavior?”

Show Notes:
Text NIW to 66866 for a teaser of the Pain to Purpose devotional

Check out the Nothing is Wasted podcast and coaching resources:
https://www.nothingiswasted.com/

The MyKidsEQ Coaching Cohort launches March 4! Get first 8 weeks of KidsEQAcademy curriculum. Sign up here: https://www.famousathome.com/offers/7izP4Puk/checkout

Ladies, sign up for Tender & Fierce Group Coaching Cohort with Christi! Begins April 1, 2024: https://www.famousathome.com/tenderandfierce

Order a copy of Famous at Home by Dr. Josh and Christi:
https://amzn.to/3y1jJFz

Apply now for The Leader's Heart Men's Cohort, Feb. 26-29, 2024: https://www.famousathome.com/theleadersheart

Watch this episode on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/9DfMUdsy71o

Transcript

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0:00.0	Now, I wasn't healed in that moment, but I was one step further on a healing journey.
0:05.2	Yeah.
0:05.7	And I actually felt a sense of agency, which was really important because trauma can tend to
0:12.0	rob you from a sense of agency.
0:14.2	You feel like you're out of control of this thing.
0:16.5	So now you're out of control of everything.
0:19.3	So good.
0:19.8	And what was important is God entered into that space and reminded me, hey, I've got some
0:24.1	invitations, kind of some breadcrumbs for you that I'm going to walk you on this road
0:28.0	to healing if you keep leaning into these triggers.
0:31.2	So we don't.
0:32.0	So what I tell people now is don't look at triggers as a, as the villain in your story,
0:37.1	but it's actually an invitation from God
0:39.2	to deeper healing.
0:40.3	Well, it's so good.
0:41.9	You are listening to the Famous at Home podcast with Dr. Josh and Christy Straub.
0:47.6	Because when it's all said and done, we all want to know that we were famous at home.
0:57.7	Welcome. We all want to know that we were famous at home. Welcome back to the Famous at Home podcast.
1:00.2	Today, we are continuing our interview series here in the opening of 2024.
1:04.8	Happy February, by the way.
1:06.5	I think we have now entered the month of February.
1:09.5	I have an interview today with my dear friend,
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