The Right to Change My Mind Bruce Heather Ep 196
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
Don't Mom Alone Podcast
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🗓️ 5 March 2018
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Life is full of decisions. We do our best to choose wisely and follow God’s lead. Sometimes God leads us in a different direction. It doesn’t always make “sense” in the moment. And it definitely isn’t easy to share those changes with others.
It’s been over a year since we’ve given you a glimpse behind the scenes. In that time A LOT has happened in our world: new job, school shifts, adopting & “re-homing” a puppy. So I’m bringing my hubby Bruce back on the show to share one concept he’s used at work for years and he has helped me process the last year of change.
In this episode Bruce and I let you in on the thought process behind our life choices. Hoping this conversation will allow you grace to change your mind without the fear of what others think.
I reserve the right to change my mind and not have to explain it to you, but every person who hears about it wants to know the whole story. What I’ve found is people want to know the should. Every time I talk to a mom, they are feeling this pressure to get it all right, so then when they hear a story that doesn’t work out or where you changed your mind they are trying to analyze the rightness of it.
What we chat about:- What’s happened in the MacFadyen family in the past year
- Bruce’s current business, Door Real Estate Brokerage
- The mantra, “I always reserve the right to change my mind”
- Making the decision to send one of our sons back to school after a semester of homeschooling
- What happened with our dog
- Giving yourself freedom to change your mind
- Being gracious to others who change their minds
- Why we need to give our kids and ourselves permission to make mistakes
- Working to create an environment at home where it’s okay to change your mind and make mistakes
- In all of the decisions in life it’s about balance and listening to God’s voice
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all, welcome back to the God Center Mom Podcast with me, Heather McFadian. |
| 0:11.2 | This is the place where we remind you through mentorship, friendship and discipleship that |
| 0:15.8 | you are not alone. |
| 0:17.8 | In this episode, number 196, I'm chatting with Bruce, my husband. |
| 0:24.1 | You're sacrificing the good that God could have for you just so you can see face. |
| 0:28.8 | And I don't know that that's actually following God either. |
| 0:32.1 | Let me just like anything, you follow God's will. |
| 0:34.8 | And there are plenty examples in the Bible of individuals who are going one way and God's |
| 0:41.1 | like, no, let's switch this way. |
| 0:42.9 | And they had to follow his guidance and follow him. |
| 0:46.4 | Yeah, I mean, if we think we have everything figured out, we're wrong. |
| 0:50.6 | And so if that's the mindset we have, then we have to. |
| 0:53.1 | We're limited. |
| 0:54.1 | We can't. |
| 0:55.1 | We can't know at all. |
| 0:56.1 | And why do we need God if we have it all figured out? |
| 0:57.4 | Yeah, one thing we've been really learning lately is how limited we are. |
| 1:00.5 | And if we think we've got this figured out, we're wrong. |
| 1:03.9 | So it's been over a year since Bruce has been on the show and a lot has happened. |
| 1:08.2 | And I thought, perhaps I've given hints here or there of things went on, but maybe we |
| 1:12.3 | should catch all up and share with you some different places and things that we've changed |
| 1:16.7 | our minds about. |
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