Before you leave your children to go to work, ask yourself
the following questions:
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Do
you really need to go to work, or do you just want to?
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Which
do your children need more, you or the “better” things you can provide them
with this job?
·
Do
you really want someone else training your child and bonding with your child
during the hours you work? Are they as well equipped for the job as you are?
·
A
typical workday is eight hours. How much good could you do with your children
if you were with them instead of at work?
·
Will
you really be ready to meet the demands of your children after a hard day’s
work? Will you be giving them your best or the “leftovers”?
·
Depending
on your particular job, you may spend more time with other men than you do your
own husband. Is that really what you want?
·
Will
your opportunities for doing good for others be
increased or diminished? Remember, much of your day will be spent at work, and
then you will have to “catch up” with everything at home. How much time will
that leave for seeing to the needs of your brethren? Will you be “full of good
works and charitable deeds” (Acts 9:36) as Dorcas was? Will you be able to
“diligently follow every good work”? (1 Timothy 5:10).
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What
effect will your time away from home have on the entire family?
·
By
going to work and leaving your children, are you really choosing the good part?
(Luke 10:38-42).
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What
is best for my children, to work or not to work? They may turn out “fine” under
the care of someone else for those hours, but is that really the best for them?
·
When
your children grow up, and it happens awful fast, will you have any regrets
about the time you missed being with them?
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As
more and more women leave home to go to work, does it make the church stronger
or weaker?