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A Tension in Scripture

When My Work Costs My Home

By the time I get home from work, I'm too tired to be present with my family.

Work that provides for a family can consume the family it provides for. The tiredness is real, and so is what it costs.

Biblical Echoes

Different stories. Same struggle.

Martha

Distracted by much serving while Mary sat and listened.

Luke 10:38-42

Eli

Forty years a priest at Shiloh, and his own sons ran the tent.

1 Samuel 1–4

Questions

  • What happens when providing for a home leaves nothing for it?
  • What becomes hard when the work is necessary and still too much?
  • What might be set down without abandoning what matters?

Formation Themes

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Common Thread

Martha was not told her work did not matter; she was told what mattered more.

Many stories begin with the same fear.

The Mirror

  • What is your work taking from the people you work for?
  • What did your family notice before you did?
  • What could be set down without abandoning what matters?

This struggle appears throughout the biblical story.

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Reflect

  • Where do you see when my work costs my home in your own life right now?
  • What decision might this be inviting you to consider?

Remember God's faithfulness.

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You do not have to walk alone.

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This tension often flows into

Formation does not happen in one moment.