Episode 270: Letting Go of the Life I Planned

Episode 270: Letting Go of the Life I Planned

From Write this Down! with Dot Bowen by Dot Bowen

May 20, 2026 · 36 min

About this episode

Dot and Cara discuss the challenges of surrendering personal plans to God's purpose during difficult times.

You had a plan. Maybe it was for the summer, maybe it was for your whole life -- and then reality showed up and none of it looked the way you thought. In this episode, Dot and Cara have an honest, tender conversation about what it means to surrender your expectations to a God who actually knows what He's doing. Cara shares from a raw and hard season she's walking through right now, and Dot reminds us that the same God who led you there will lead you through. Pull up a chair, grab your Bible, and lean in with us. Got a question about today’s episode or something else you’d like to hear us talk about on the show? Let us know ! Episode Recap Intro (00:00) Write this down: Proverbs 19:21, "Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand." (00:07) Cara shares that her whole world got turned upside down two days before recording, this episode is the verse she's living right now (04:57) The idea of detaching from outcomes, what it really means to surrender your plans without letting your mind race to the what-if (05:36) Dot walks through Palm Sunday and Good Friday: the crowd went from "Hosanna" to "Crucify him," but Jesus was still King either…

People in this episode

Host: Dot Bowen

Guest: Cara

Topics covered

  • letting go
  • surrendering expectations
  • faith in difficult times
  • personal struggles
  • God's purpose

Keywords

  • letting go
  • surrender
  • faith
  • expectations
  • God's plan
  • personal struggles
  • Proverbs 19:21

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Proverbs 19:21

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