INSPIRASUNS

Sometimes it’s not easy to leave work “at the office”. It’s even more difficult when you work with your spouse. My husband and I work together at our church, and it’s been an adjustment. We’ve actually come full circle, you see my husband and I met almost 40 years ago when we were both working for the same company. We’ve both had successful careers over the past 40 years and now here we are “together again” in service to our church and community. We both worked from home for a few years after moving to SW Florida, but that was different. We pretty much stayed apart throughout the day, and as the day came to a close we would step away from work to enjoy our evenings.

Working together again has reminded me that when the work day is finished we need to focus on ourselves, our family, and our friends. We need to leave work at work. I think we’re getting better at it, however, at first it was difficult. We were both learning the ropes so to speak, well we’re still learning of course, but we were talking through processes and helping each other understand how things worked in our positions. We interact a lot throughout the day and it was difficult to shut it off when we got home.

This week though, I’ve noticed that when we get home our conversation shifts to personal. We chat while making dinner, discuss upcoming plans, play a little remember when, listen to music, you get the idea. The work conversation has become less when we’re home and I’ve noticed a difference, we’re more relaxed and our minds have time to rest as well.

We’ve been together long enough that we are okay in the quiet as well. We can ride in the car and not have a conversation, the quiet doesn’t make us uncomfortable. I think that comes as you grow close in your relationship, you know it’s okay to be quiet and just be with the individual. It’s like our relationship with Father, sometimes He asks us to just “Be still”, to be quiet and listen to what He is trying to say.

Keeping our work life and home life separate, it’s something we have to consciously work at. We are getting better, and although I don’t think we’ll ever truly separate things, we are becoming closer through the process. Friends, if you work with your spouse, you know the challenges I’m referring to. They are challenges that can be overcome, especially if we have Father at the center of what we do. We need to take more time to just “be still”.

Have a great day my friends, thanks for letting me ramble a little this morning 🙂 .

Psalm 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!