Flipping the Switch to Hope: from worst-case to unimaginable good :: Heather MacFadyen [Ep 510]

I don’t often do a solo podcast but God has been working on my heart when it comes to parenting teens and expectations and I felt prompted to sit down and share what I am learning with you all.  

So often as parents, we live in a worst-case scenario mindset, when it feels like the dreams and expectations for a child's future are not aligning with the present. We obsess over baby monitors, teen friendships, and grades/sports but this comes from a place of worry, or even fear-based control. 

God wants freedom and hope in our parenting! I realized I have a choice: to believe in an imagined bad scenario or to flip a switch and choose hope and expect in God for unimaginable good things to come. Both choices involve belief, imagination and control. I'm choosing to double down turn my belief toward hope, knowing that even when things don't go as planned, God's story is far greater.

In this episode, I will share the steps God gave me to practically practice choosing hope over worry. How to walk with the Spirit and produce fruit instead of formula-based parenting rooted in power and control. Reminding my own heart that God is good and has a good story for our kids- let’s lean into the HUGE expectation that God is the God of HOPE and let our prayers align with that truth. 

Connect with Me: 

• Website:  Heather MacFadyen | Right Where You Belong
• Facebook: Don't Mom Alone
• Instagram:  Heather MacFadyen (@dontmomalone)

Links Mentioned:  

• A Prayer for Challenging Times - Northwest Bible Church–Neil Tomba
• Right Where You Belong: By Heather MacFadyen
• Don't Mom Alone: By Heather MacFadyen
• Man's Search for Meaning: By Viktor Frankl 

Related Episodes:

• Talking, Teens, and Twenty-four Years :: Bruce + Heather [Ep 399]
• Freeing Your Adolescents to Step Into Adulthood – Ages and Stages – Teens :: Dr. Ken Wilgus [Ep 382]
• How the Twelve Steps Offer a Surprising Path of Transformation :: Ian Cron [Ep 506]

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