The book “When Work and Family Collide: Keeping Your Job from Cheating
Your Family” by Andy Stanley was a great read.
If you have ever felt the strain of trying to
balance work and family you will enjoy reading this book not because it gives
you a quick fix solution but because it speaks plainly and powerfully about
priorities. The author does a great job of intertwining practical advice,
scripture, and personal experience together in this book to help all those who
have a hard time “cheating on work”. The author not only gives good advice from
real life experience, his and others whom he has counseled, but also give a
practical way in which to implement those things he discusses.
The author at one point in the book uses the biblical
story of Daniel wanting to honor God by not eating those things from the kings
table (Daniel 1:8-16) and makes a modern application concerning how we might approach
changing our work schedule.
I think this book would be very useful for anyone
weather they work in the home or out of the home I also think it’s especially
useful for those who are preachers or full time ministers. I know that I can at
times get so consumed with ministry that my family is left behind and I know
God isn’t happy with the neglect of my family. So to all the preachers out there
do yourself a favor and read this book. In the very least it will get you to
think and ask questions about how you spend your time and might cause you to
consider rearranging your work schedule in order to spend more time with your
family.
So in the end this was a great book easy to read and
very though provoking. Do yourself a favor and read this book.
