70 | Raising Grateful Kids in an Entitled World (Kristen Welch)

2019-05-19

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This is part three of Mom Month and Kristen Welch joins us for a conversation about chasing dreams, living with gratitude and the dangers of living with ourselves in the center of our own universe. Kristen is a blogger (Wearethatfamily.com), author, podcaster and founder of an incredible nonprofit ministry in Kenya.

Conversations Notes:

Showing our kids unconditional love (1:35)
Romans 5:8 "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (2:20)
Living for my family alone led to a child-centered home (7:35)
My husband could see the emptiness in me and he hurt for me (11:00)
The trip to Kenya woke me up... I literally woke up from the American Dream that had become a nightmare for me. The cycle in me that there was never enough. (11:40)
Story of a young orphan boy in Kenya who in the worlds eyes had nothing (12:50)
Why was this boy filled with joy? Why was he smiling when he had nothing (13:50)
I have everything because I have Jesus (14:30)
A response of doing nothing is still a response (16:18)
We must acknowledge what we have done in the past that has led our families to where we are at (17:08)
My choices changed. The way I shopped, consumed, lived and served (17:40)
It revealed my own entitlement. How much I expected and felt like I deserved (18:00)
"I don't want to add Jesus to my life like salt and pepper to a meal. I want him to be the main course!" (18:50)
The can't have a child-centered home and a Jesus-centered home at the same time (18:55)
Service was not part of who we were. We did not serve others (20:35)
"It is really hard to change the direction of a ship [your family]. It does not happen overnight. It is slow and steady and consistent."
We began making service a normal part of our lives (21:20)
Instead of keeping everything to ourselves, our response was to start Mercy House (21:45)
The reason you feel empty is that you're keeping these blessings to yourself (22:10)
We simply took small steps towards saying yes everyday (23:30)
Moving from a joyless person to a purposeful person (24:15)
Where do we have extra to share? Spare seat at the table? Open seat in the vehicle? Room during the holidays?
We're sitting on this incredible secret that generosity changes lives... it makes us grateful (25:55)
Story of her husband helping her chase her dreams (26:55)
My husband was way ahead of me. He was leading our family spiritually. He was asking questions that made me uncomfortable... He was seeing a pattern in me that was unhealthy (28:25)
My husband said to me, "What happened to the girl that wanted to change the world?" (29:25)
The heart of a husband that wanted to bring out the best in a wife... he didn't want motherhood to kill her dreams (32:20)
I said let's do something radical and my husband said, "let's do it" (33:00)
"God had to take me all the way to Kenya and wreck my heart so that when I came back I would be on the same page as my husband" (33:30)
The real tension of needing her husband to lead in ways that were best for their family (34:00)
This life isn't about me or even my family. This life is about the Gospel. We exist to make the Gospel known and glorify God in what we do. (36:30)
"Wait for life's sweet spot where your passion and our skills collide with God's timing" (37:30)
Be grateful. Gratitude can turn the hardest days into the best days. (38:30)
Gratitude is a lifeline in our lives. It truly reminds us of what we have and a global perspective also helps us realize what we have (39:20)