There Is Holy Work To Do At Home

 

Sometimes the pressure at work can be demanding. This is especially true if you are in vocational ministry. There is always another marriage in crisis, a person to be counseled, someone sick to visit, or an event that needs planning. It’s easy to let these things, which can be good in their place, overshadow the holy work that needs to be done at home.

Over at the Resurgence Blog, Alex Early has posted a timely reminder that Snuggling Is Holy Work Too. In this post he writes:

 

Men, walking with God is our first priority. Absolutely! Yet, certainly prayer, contemplation, and study can be done on one’s own time and at one’s own personal expense of sleep by getting up a few minutes early or in the truck on your lunch break rather than in the hours a husband and daddy is needed most, especially in the evening.

For the Christian all things are sacred—including helping around the house, kisses that go the distance, walking in the door, and snuggling with the kids.

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