WHOA That's Good Podcast - Faith in God's Plan

Episode Date: September 2, 2020

This week, Sadie welcomes Multi-Platinum Recording Artist, Luke Bryan onto the podcast. Listen in as they discuss grief, Luke's journey to Nashville, and the greatest piece of advice he has ever received. Luke Bryan's latest album, Born Here, Live Here, Die Here released August 7th. You can learn more about Luke Bryan at www.lukebryan.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's up fam welcome back to the WoW that's good podcast y'all today I'm so excited geeking out because I have One of my family's favorite people my dad's best friend someone who welcome me and split with him for a few months on a first Mewtwo Nashville You probably don't know who I'm talking about actually by this But we have Luke Brian on the show. He is such a great guy. I cannot wait to hear his advice and some of his funny stories and also just go a little deeper with him.

But here's the thing. He has a new album out. It's called Born Here, Live Here, Die Here. Luke has so much incredible music. Go check it out. I can't wait for this conversation. Thank you so much for taking time, we are so excited, we can jump right into the question that is the question of the world that's good podcast. What is one of the best pieces of advice that you've ever been given?

Woo, that's a great question, I mean, and I'm sure in your family, you've been given so much advice. Oh yeah. A piece of advice that has always stuck with me is my dad when I was a little boy, he always said, do it right the first time, and you will not have to go back and do it over again. That's good.

And now, have I completely lived by that? You know, not always. Sometimes as you're navigating life and going through life, you don't necessarily get a 10 out of 10. But you know, it's something that's always stuck with me that my dad said. And you know, that's been a major one. But you know, just manners and being a gentleman

and politeness, you know, the deal, kind of the southern way of being brought up and just always putting others first., that's good. You know, the deal, kind of the southern way of being brought up and just always putting others first. It's good. But definitely my dad's advice was really, really big for me. I love that. That's so good. I actually was going to ask you about being a dad yourself. And so we can just go right into it. Your song, Bill Meadaddi, is so sweet. It's so awesome and powerful and emotional. It's so great. But, you know, I've gotten the privilege to get to see you with your kids And you're such a good dad And so I just wanted to ask like what kind of dad when you think about you being a dad to your boys

Do you want to be and what do you hope they see in you? Well, I'm gonna be inspiring for them I won't first and foremost for them to know that I'm a Christian and and I want them to See some of that and I want them to see some of that. Do I do the perfect walk with that every day? Certainly not, but even just questions as they get older about Christianity and spirituality and stuff like that.

Being able to have the right answers. And then I want them to be able to see that me and Carolina are very much in love and have fun with each other. I want them to know that mom and dad enjoy each other and have fun. We're not those parents that if we have a big argument, we don't go hide and have the argument. We lay it all out there right in front of them. They got to learn, they got to watch mom and dad go through life and deal with life's little challenges. But those are big things. And then I want them to watch me hopefully be the best gentleman I can

and be the best role model and inspiration. And I want them to see me, you know, hustling, getting up, working, and love on them every chance I can be in kind and polite to people. And there's so many qualities of my dad that I have that people come up to me and say, God, you sound just like your daddy and anytime people come up to me and say, your boys did something that looks like exactly something you would do. It's always very exciting and flattering and it makes you smile. That's awesome. Honestly, just even following you on Instagram and getting to see you up close,

we all see that you and Caroline love each other so much. And I think that's such a great example for your kids. Like for me, there's been so much security in my life that's come from like seeing the way mom and dad love each other. And they never like looked like it was perfect, right? Like they're the same way. Like they had the arguments, some of the arguments in front of us, but they, I feel like they kind of taught us in a way how to argue and overcome things

and see things differently about the end of the day. You know, still love each other. But one of my favorite things about you in Caroline is y'all's pranks. They are hilarious. You guys have more fun than anybody. Well, with us, I mean, I think the bottom line is we just keep our households really fun and

spontaneous and what's even more fun is now the boys, they'll come up to me and they're like, hey dad, we want to do a prank on Mama. That's the main thing. I mean, just keeping a very fun family dynamic around the house and make sure everybody's in a good positive mood. It's awesome. I love it. So for you, you you are really busy, obviously. I mean, yes,

we're in the middle of a quarantine, but at the same time, you're still doing American Idol, you're still writing songs, your songs have been hit singles lately. And I mean, you're busy. And so for you, like, how do you keep that family dynamic, saying so grounded and just always, you know, hanging out and stuff? This year's been amazing. I mean, I've gotten this been so much time with my family and just waking up and sleeping in my bed

every night has been, it's been, you know, just one of the, if there's a silver lining or a bright spot through everything, it's just me having the opportunity to be home even like yesterday. Kate wants to play football. So I got to go pick out all of this football gear and bought him a helmet and stuff. It's awesome. He comes home and I got it all waiting on him.

And, you know, in a lot of other situations, Caroline would have had to be running out and doing that stuff. But the main thing is coming in off the road and just trying to be there as much as I can. You know, obviously, it's a lot. You're trying to give all you can to your wife, you're trying to give all you can to your children, the people that work for you, your family, and then then you're trying through all this to have a little time for yourself. So, you know, it's been challenging through the years and a lot of being wore down and tired, but you just have to hopefully make the time together

really, really count. Yeah, it's awesome. Like I said, for years when I come out the road, I mean, there's been many times I'll go get the boys out of school around 1 p.m. and go take them hunting or fishing or something, because I knew I was going to be out of town for several days. And so sometimes it's just really important to go grab a lot of school and just spend a couple of hours with Yeah, it's awesome. You never have the right formula But the main thing is just trying to keep your energy level up and hopefully be the best dad you can and the best husband

You can I love that it's no intentionality, you know I think whenever we're so busy like it just takes being intentional and I love that like just go get him out of school Go football shopping with them whatever it takes to stay close as a family and my dad, he's been cooking a lot lately. You know, he's an expert chef in the kitchen. And it's funny because like I've always just thought, you know, dad just like cooks for us. It's what he does, but recently I've like noticed no dad like intentionally cooks for

us because that's how he loves on us. That's how we spend time together. And so those things are so seen. Obviously you're from a really small town. Didn't you grow up on a farm or buy a farm? Kind of farm life, living? Yeah, well, I grew up in Leesburg, Georgia, right in town, but I could walk to Cottonfields

and peanut fields. I mean, it was an ag going on right in the city limits. You know, my dad owned a fertilizer company in a peanut mill. So when the fall, we were harvesting peanuts and working in Ag a lot. So a lot of amazing memories and a lot of just special memories

growing up in such a small type of an environment. That's awesome. So I'm assuming growing up there, you probably didn't ever think that your life was gonna pan out the way that it did or maybe you did You know go in from that to being one of the biggest country music artists and then a judge on American I don't all the things that you do for you like what gave you the confidence to like go with the thing that you knew You were good at because I think a lot of people especially listening They're in college

and they're just now kind of at the point where they feel like either God's put it on their heart what they're gonna do or they're getting really passionate about that. But what gave you the confidence to actually just go for it? You know, the main thing that really was the motivating factor for me

to go chase my dreams was I had a lot of support. I had a lot of support from my family and my friends and they were very, very encouraging. While you're young, that's your time to really go for it. Yeah. If there's something you dream about, don't let life and people and don't let other little things deviate you from your path. It's good.

Pick that thing that you love that when you wake up, you could do it 24, seven, and it never feels like work. It feels like just, it's a part of you. It's awesome. It took a lot of encouraging to get me from Lee's Virgge Georgia to Nashville. But once I made the big leap, I felt at home. I felt like I was finally in the right spot.

It's cool. I felt like I kinda, I guess, saw the light, you know. Yeah. And from that moment on, my life was just about doing what I love. And then a bunch of amazing things started happening because of that love of music and the love of what I was trying to go for. Yeah, that's awesome.

I love that. I love that it came from the place of like something you truly just loved and were passionate about and that the people around you were the ones that pushed you into it for you, you know, I think sometimes when people see you or see anybody in your position, they see you now and they don't know like the story or the journey that you've been on and so obviously now you seem super confident what you do was there ever a point where you were like nervous or scared, even performing or going to Nashville? How did you overcome that fear that might what have wanted to tell you? No, don't do this. It's a scary. Oh my gosh. I mean, there's so many different levels of being scared.

I remember moving to Nashville and meeting these other talented writers and singers. There were so much better than me, but it really motivated me to try to work harder and do what I can to over achieve and be better than my peers. It's cool. You know, it's amazing. I mean, when you look at all of the big hurdles along the way, I mean the one thing that was always constant is just saying a prayer and asking God to get you through these challenges. It's cool. There's been so many times like my first time I performed on the CMAs, you know me and my band, we we hold it up and you say a prayer. Wow. And you go out there and you give it your best. That's awesome. I look at so many moments in my career where I didn't do the best I could.

But, you know, the people and the fans are forgiving too and understanding that you don't have to try to be perfect every day. Yeah. But I think when you make a mistake, you own it, you apologize or you try to handle it the best you can can and then move on and pick up the pieces and rock on Yeah, go on. It's great Well like when I did the national anthem at the Super Bowl

I mean gosh, I bet I said a million prayers that day and I just walked out there and somehow Survived it and now I can live to tell about it. Yeah, oh, that's so good Like people need to hear that because I think people sometimes go in with this like, okay, I'm not going to be afraid of everything goes, everything has to go right though. And then the minute something goes wrong, it's just like crumble. But no, like you keep getting back up and you got to keep going. My grandpa told me this one time, I like love it. He said, people who fall in public get up twice as fast.

And I was like, that's so true. And it's true physically, if you fall, like you're going to get up fast, if you're in front of people and like, add like it didn't hurt. I want to ask you because you've been super open just within your family, in your all life and the things that you've gone through and some really, really tough things. And first of all, I think it's just amazing that you're like willing to share that with the world because so many people are facing so many similar things like

Just a friend of mine recently lost her brother and I know that's so hard for her But people like you who speak out about those things it helps you know because people know that there's somebody else who understands them And so I know you've lost your siblings and y'all've taken in your nieces and nephews and so you know We've watched you rise up and continue to move on. And that's since of your life, too. Do you feel like your faith in any way has helped you through seasons like that? And how have you just continued to move forward? Well, I think you must have faith in God's plan. No matter how frustrating it is, and no matter how mad you want to get it, God,

you really just have to step back and just really kind of give yourself up to, well, this is his plan. And with us, if I talk about it and I help one person, if I talk about the emotions of losing both my siblings and losing my brother-in-law and our niece. I mean, I think people out there that are dealing with tragic losses when they cannot fill a loan in the journey of life as they can feel like, well, this guy gets back up and keeps pushing, maybe it inspires somebody. I mean, I think, even in my travel, there's some people out there that have had tougher, rougher things than me that are out there battling every day. Yeah. And they're

inspiring for me. So I think if you live a long, beautiful, long life, you're going to have those moments. For sure. No matter whether if you're 15 years old or you're 85 years old, if I'm ever in a restaurant and there's, you know, an elderly person just sitting there, I almost want to walk up and go, put my arms around them a bit like, I can't imagine what you've seen in your life to get to 85, 90 years old. I think no matter what age you are, challenges and struggles in life, they're going to happen. It's just a part of the journey journey And I think you just really have to trust that this is a part of your journey

And this is what God had in store for you and never never forget the people you lose along the way and always Cherish the memories and cherish the pictures and yeah, and like I said, it's not easy. I mean I was even chairs the pictures and yeah and like I said it's not easy I mean I was even this morning my wife had already left but I was in her side of the closet and she had our wedding picture and you know there's my sister and her husband and they're both gone and I just got there and looked at that wedding picture and I was like wow I mean it's frustrating that they're not here but you just have to take a little pause and keep their memory alive. And I tell people, you know, if you lose somebody, you're never back to 100%. You're not, you don't expect it.

They'll always be a void and a hole in your heart, but just try your best to stay positive through all the challenges. Well, that's so good. Thank you for sharing that. I know even people sitting in this room with my team listening, it's inspiring us and hitting us.

So, you know, everybody's thinking of their person. And so, you being willing to share your story, you know, you said if it helps one, I know it's helping so many people. But I know you'd still share it if it was just one. And so, thank you for just sharing from such a vulnerable place. And I know people are struggling and people are going through those hard things, but to know that there's hope in the sense that you just have to trust that that was God's plan that God has something good and that he is still good

and to keep moving forward, not moving on, because you're never going to move on, Brad, moving forward in life with it and taking even like you've taken your nieces and nephews and making something positive out of it is just beautiful. And so I just, I thank you so much Luke. Like this talk has been so good and I know it's going to help so many people and I was just thinking about that song, Bill Mead Daddy, like so many people out there and need like a

fatherly voice or wisdom and the things that you just shared, I feel like it's just like from a father to everyone, like good advice and like so much love like a hug from a dad And so look seriously. Thank you Not we always don't get to see this side of you I love your hilariousness and your all the music and all the pranks and everything But thank you for just going there with us today. I really appreciate it Well, you're welcome and listen. Thank you for all you do for so many young people out there and all the inspirational stuff you do. And it's fun knowing you and you were, you know, just a young girl and now to see you blossom into such a wonderful woman doing so many great things.

It's really, really amazing and don't stop the fight. I appreciate it. Thank you. Those words mean so much. Thank you so so much Luke. Seriously. You're welcome, babe. Thank you. Thank you All right, Christina raised for some good and bad advice. I'm ready for some good bad advice All right, let's go here on the whoa, let's go podcast Instagram. We have some good and bad advice sent to us What do you think about this if you didn't make the mess? Don't clean it up on the WoW Let's Go podcast, Instagram, we have some good and bad advice sent to us. What do you think about this? If you didn't make the mess, don't clean it up. Bad advice.

Bad. Yeah, bad, yeah. We want helpers. We need helpers in this life. We need helpers. Did your mom ever sing to you? Clean up, clean up everybody everywhere. Everybody everywhere.

It was so fun with that song. Clean up, clean up. You learned the more I took your version, clean up. You learn the more, take a version I guess. I'm not giving you a share. What'd you learn? Clean up, clean up, everybody. Clean up. Maybe that was for the less educated kids.

Maybe your mom forgot the words. Maybe she didn't. Maybe you forgot it. The point is, everybody's clean up. Everybody, everybody's new here. That's so true. Yeah. That's a much better word. The point is everybody is not everywhere, everybody is here. That's so true, yeah. That's much better here. The point is the same, clean up.

I can't like it. We got to a good place. All right, next question. Victory or not really a question. Statement. Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to start fighting. Yeah, the underdog. But is it really always possible for the person that refuses?

No, I was possibly. It's not always possible. I is it really always possible for the person that refused to stop fighting? No, it's always possible. It's not always possible. I would say, I mean, obviously, it's during a crisis. You can always come up with a curious yet if you're still fighting, you're in a hard place. But I mean, practically speaking of it, there are some things that are worth fighting for and they're in marriage, obviously.

And then there are some things like dating relationships that are healthy for you that you just actually don't need to keep fighting For if it's not right. Yeah, that's what you're and I think a lot of times our culture tells you know don't ever give up But sometimes there is wisdom in giving up if the outcome doesn't look Promising or write or what we're not even giving up just shifting just shifting yet pivoting we talked about that on last week's episode If it seems like the word of the year is It is the word of the year. Just pivot. All right.

Just pivot. Just pivot. You're the song. You're the song. How are you guys? All right, Christian, I have last thing I want to run by. Keep your face always towards the sunshine. Always.

Always. Jesus is the sun. You have like 10 songs you could have done for that song the sunshine But no, I mean, I think Jesus says that we are to be bright lights And I think that if we're facing him then we you know we're radiant. There's the verse that says you know We're radiant and I think it's that idea of always just why you left that's some wisdom That was the straight was that I was just funny guys. I knew you're trying to be a legend.

Yeah, that's the version says you're ready. I got rid of the verse, but it's something about Radiance and the Sun. Y'all should go look it up. But now it's true. I mean, I think that, I mean, if we keep our gaze fixed on Christ, then we are going to be bright lights. And that's what it calls us to be. That's good. Actually was straight was I mean even I think it was whenever that talks about how Moses went and met with the father Yeah, and he came back in his face was ready yet because he had been like meeting with the father and so like we do want to keep our face In the sun We want to keep our face towards the father and hopefully they'll like that We are seeking is now shining off of us and through us. Yeah, that was was done But it's just funny because I know you so well and I think like people put a lot of pressure on me so that how do they know like the whole Bible verse?

It's always just funny to be like, you totally just like, okay, verses on a radiance in the Bible. Yeah. But also use wisdom because now it's not necessarily smart to go stand outside in the sun and not be blinding. So use use wisdom. Where's Sunscreen? Where's Sunscreen? Close your eyes and look at Sunscreen. All right, kids, this is about a great good advice. Thanks for sending it into the woods, good podcast. Hope you have fun with me and my husband. I know we did and we'll see you next time. Bye.

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