173: When God Changes Your Calling | With Dr. Janet Abadir Part 2

Surrender, Identity, Generational Healing, and Finding Freedom

What if freedom doesn't come when everyone finally understands your side of the story?

What if it doesn't come when the person who hurt you apologizes, your reputation is restored, or someone finally admits you were right?

What if freedom begins before the outcome ever changes?

In Part Two, Dr. Janet S. Abadir shares what happened after the career she had spent decades building was suddenly gone.

Without the title of surgeon, Janet began recognizing how much worth and validation had become connected to achievement and the approval of others.

What followed became more than a career transition. God began revealing generational patterns, healing her relationship with her mother, redefining what success meant, and leading her toward a new calling centered on Scripture, writing, teaching, speaking, and helping others experience freedom.

Sometimes God doesn't restore the life we had. Sometimes He uses its ending to reveal the life we're being invited into.

Key Takeaways

• Sometimes we don't recognize what has our identity until it's taken away. The loss of a role or title can expose where we've been looking for worth, validation, or security.
• Calling flows from identity. Who we are in Christ comes before what we accomplish.
• Understanding where a pattern came from can create compassion. Recognizing generational patterns can help us understand our own story and the stories of those who came before us.
• We can tell the truth about what hurt and still honor the people we love. Compassion doesn't require pretending difficult things didn't happen.
• Healing can move in both directions generationally. The work we do today can influence our relationships with the generation before us and what we pass to the generation after us.
• Freedom doesn't have to depend on vindication. We can surrender the outcome to God instead of making our peace dependent on another person's response.
• The end of one calling may be the beginning of another. What feels like an ending can become the space where a completely different assignment begins.

Connect With Dr. Janet S. Abadir

Janet S. Abadir, MD practiced general surgery for 24 years before becoming a writer, Bible teacher, speaker, and coach. She and her husband and three teenage sons live in Kodiak, Alaska, and attend Frontier Baptist Church.

She has been called to speak the message of freedom to God's people. Her extensive knowledge of Scripture, paired with professional skills and compassionate love for others, equips her as a powerful instrument for God's Kingdom in her community.

Connect with Janet:
https://janetabadir.com/

Get Janet's book:
Drink from the River of Delight: Welcome to God's Healing Space in His Word
https://a.co/d/05AyzsJa 

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