In When Work and
Family Collide, Andy Stanley described the importance of balancing family
life and your work schedule. He has seen
the effects of people choosing their job over maintaining a relationship with
their spouse and children. At one point or another we have to cheat someone or
something somewhere. We can decide to cheat the job or cheat our family. We can’t
be everything to all people and there is no possible way to be involved in
everything. Is working so hard and long hours in order to obtain the American
dream really worth neglecting your family of their needs? This book shared many
personal stories and steps to achieve a balance between work and family. The
most critical step is to make a decision to spend time more time with your
family. The next part of the step is making a plan on how you will do this.
Making a decision and not following through won’t accomplish the task of being
the father or wife you were created to be. He will take you through Daniel’s
story with the King and show you how Daniel handled his situation. Andy Stanley
encouraged readers to try a plan for thirty days and see how their lives will
change for the better.
The book was previously released as Choosing to Cheat.
Here
is a thought provoking revelation from the book:
“One day you’ll come home from the office for the last
time. Nobody retires from his or her family to spend his or her final days in
the office. Your last day may be at sixty-five when you retire or at
thirty-five when you’re laid off. Either way, you’re coming home. What and who
you come home to will be determined by how you live out your priorities between
now and then” (Page 130).
I would recommend this wonderful book to every family and
those who are planning to have a family one day. Some might not even have
children but this book is still relevant and the message is still needed. There
needs to be a balance and structure for our families. It’s important to not let
work became the God of your life. Yes, we must work in order to live but in the
process, we can’t forsake our family members who desperately want our love and
support. This is the first book that I have read by Andy Stanley and he did a magnificent
job at revealing the steps one must take in order to not cheat on your family. He
didn’t sugarcoat the message of saying that we are all cheaters. We tend to not
consider that cheating isn’t just with another person. Our jobs schedules are
cheating many families right now. Maintaining and finding the balance between
the office and home are the main important keys! This book will assist readers
to start to learn how to say no to working long hours every single night. We can choose to stay at the office until
everything is done. But we must face the truth that everything will never be
completely finished! The work will still be there tomorrow. Your family though
may not be!
“I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review”.
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