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S01E015, ‘Work it out’, Marriage Matters
Introduction
In this week’s Marriage Matters, Andy B and Jo talk about work, whether both husband and wife work, whether one spouse stays at home or whether one or both spouses work away. Whatever your situation, whether usual or temporary, we need to consider how our work fits with our marriage – sort of work life balance but focusing on work spouse balance!
Andy and Jo affirm the importance of work but consider how work can have positive and negative effects on our marriages, noting how we can spend too much time at work, not switch off from work and not connect in with our spouse enough.
Andy, as usual, makes sense of it all with scripture verses:
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10
- Colossians 3:23
You could also check Proverbs 31 where there is some good stuff about working!
Tips and Resources- Check out the Sixty Minute Father by Rob Parsons – whether you have children or not!
- Check out the Sixty Minute Family by Rob Parsons
- Think of little things you can do to stay connected when you are away from your spouse working – what about leaving a note in your spouse’s lunchbox – not in the sandwich itself!
The Take Away
Andy and Jo both reiterate the importance of connecting with our spouses when at work and making sure that we switch off from work. Andy noted that we can switch off our work phones! Jo talked fondly about how Andy makes her a flask of coffee to take to work each day and as Jo drinks the coffee at work Jo is reminded of her husband whilst at work!
Andy and Jo discuss the importance of boundaries being set around work – switching off from work and tuning into your spouse – listening to one another and being accountable to one another. Andy shares a time when Jo was direct in telling Andy to stop working when he was overdoing it and how Andy gentling and lovingly had one occasion to prize Jo from her work when she needed to take a break!
Work involves your spouse!
Andy and Jo
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By Andy BIntroduction
In this week’s Marriage Matters, Andy B and Jo talk about work, whether both husband and wife work, whether one spouse stays at home or whether one or both spouses work away. Whatever your situation, whether usual or temporary, we need to consider how our work fits with our marriage – sort of work life balance but focusing on work spouse balance!
Andy and Jo affirm the importance of work but consider how work can have positive and negative effects on our marriages, noting how we can spend too much time at work, not switch off from work and not connect in with our spouse enough.
Andy, as usual, makes sense of it all with scripture verses:
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10
- Colossians 3:23
You could also check Proverbs 31 where there is some good stuff about working!
Tips and Resources- Check out the Sixty Minute Father by Rob Parsons – whether you have children or not!
- Check out the Sixty Minute Family by Rob Parsons
- Think of little things you can do to stay connected when you are away from your spouse working – what about leaving a note in your spouse’s lunchbox – not in the sandwich itself!
The Take Away
Andy and Jo both reiterate the importance of connecting with our spouses when at work and making sure that we switch off from work. Andy noted that we can switch off our work phones! Jo talked fondly about how Andy makes her a flask of coffee to take to work each day and as Jo drinks the coffee at work Jo is reminded of her husband whilst at work!
Andy and Jo discuss the importance of boundaries being set around work – switching off from work and tuning into your spouse – listening to one another and being accountable to one another. Andy shares a time when Jo was direct in telling Andy to stop working when he was overdoing it and how Andy gentling and lovingly had one occasion to prize Jo from her work when she needed to take a break!
Work involves your spouse!
Andy and Jo
Support the show
Keep in Touch with the BerryBunch
www.berrybunch.org
Support Us Online
www.berrybunch.org/supportus
Catch us on Konnect Radio for our weekly show - Family Focus: Sundays, 3 til 6pm