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Are You a Stay-at-Home Workaholic?

Be still this Christmas by Katie M. Reid

I was critical.

I saw people making work an idol—important relationships were neglected because of it—and it left a bad taste in my mouth. I  judged others for not being more present at home. I assumed the worst about motive when I witnessed undesirable methods.

Yet, almost two years ago I began a journey that led to a difficult realization.

I was one of them.

I had become a workaholic who neglected her family because I did not want to stop working. It wasn’t that I had to be working, I wanted to be.

I thrived on creative projects, but I was wearing myself and my family out because I was pushing the limits and doing and doing and doing.

It got out of hand as I raced ahead with a somewhat entitled attitude.

Over time my focus shifted —from using my words to worship to worshiping my words. 

My family became resentful.

I once wrote a post about Isaiah 40:19 and the importance of not bowing to idols. Little did I know that no too long after that I would need to topple some idols of my own.

Hosea 4:12 “My people consult their wooden idol, and their diviner’s wand informs them; for a spirit of harlotry has led them astray.  And they have played the harlot, departing from their God.”

The very thing I criticized others for—being a workaholic—had become true of me.

The work was not wicked but the spirit behind it was. I lusted for more accolades, more attention, more ground to stand tall upon. What started out as checking something off my bucket list, write a book, became a quest for significance.

The writing wasn’t wrong, the desire for it to define my worth was.

He allowed me to write, but I had gotten a lot wrong as I pursued the goal with a divided motive.

I had been led astray by selfish ambition. I had neglected rest for the sake of pride.

Can you relate?

Let’s continue the confession and discussion over here on iBelieve.com as we receive Encouragement for the Burned Out, Work-at-Home Mama….

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