When Dad Works Long Hours | Ep. 62

Risen Motherhood

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

When Dad has to work late (again) and mom feels like she's soldiering on with the children, is there a gracious response to give? Although the long days might leave a wife stuck in cycles of comparison with other families and even anger, God hasn't left her without hope and help. In this episode, Emily interviews Laura, who shares a bit of her experience as a mom whose husband works long hours. Whether your own husband just misses the occasional dinner, or travels for months at time, you're not going to want to miss the wisdom she shares! The gospel turns "fairness" on its head, and offers wives a better way forward - where her husband (or his job) isn't the enemy, and all her needs are met in Christ.

Articles & Resources:

Let Your Husband Be The Best Dad He Can Be - Laura Wifler
Motherhood Is Lonely - Laura Wifler
30 Day Husband Encouragement Challenge - Revive Our Hearts
31 Days of Praying For Your Husband - Revive Our Hearts
Scraps - Jess Connell
Do Him Good - Jess Connell
Trusting God To Work Through Your Husband - Revive Our Hearts
10 Ways You Might be Disrespecting Your Husband - Kimberly Wagner (many examples that Laura gave on the show regarding lessons she's learned about approaching her husband graciously)
The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment With the Wisdom of God - Tim Keller w/Kathy Keller
1 Peter: A Living Hope in Christ - Jen Wilkin (a great bible study to help you process identity in Christ and how that impacts your relationship w/your husband and others)
Verses Laura has memorized / used to remind her of truth in hard moments (ESV):

-- Proverbs 16:24 Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

-- Proverbs 31: 10-12 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not harm, all the days of her life.

-- Proverbs 31:26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Motherhood is hard. One second, we think we're doing a good enough job and the next we feel
0:09.8	like the worst mom on the planet, which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel
0:14.9	to be repeated over and over, giving us hope in the everyday moments. So mama, whether
0:20.9	you're sipping cold coffee or doing a sink full of dishes, we hope you'll find true,
0:25.9	encouragement and laughter here. This is the Risen Motherhood Podcast. Thanks for joining us.
0:38.7	Well, welcome back to another episode of Risen Motherhood. I'm Emily Jensen and I have my
0:44.4	interviewee, sister-in-law, Laura Whiffler, sitting right next to me today. Yes, we're together,
0:50.7	which is super fun. Yeah, we do this occasionally. We record together in person, but we
0:55.8	have kind of a special episode for you guys today. A topic that has come up several times over
1:02.3	the course of Risen Motherhood. And that is just speaking to moms who maybe have a husband who
1:08.7	maybe isn't as home as much as they would like due to potentially longer working hours or other
1:14.6	commitments. And so just trying to talk through how to deal with that. Many of you guys have heard
1:22.0	Laura, either maybe she's written about this on her blog or has mentioned it on past podcasts. So
1:27.4	it's definitely a question we've gotten and we wanted to interview her. Put her on the spot.
1:33.7	Yes, we're going to try to answer some stuff because I have what seven long years of learning to
1:39.2	work with a husband with long hours. And it's something that Lauren, I have talked about a lot
1:43.6	in person, just in our personal relationship. And I can attest to the fact that Laura is,
1:49.3	yeah, just facing this with the truth of the gospel and just trying to grow and just
1:55.0	God's grace as she's facing this process. So, thanks. Yeah. So I want you all to hear the
2:01.0	insider information. All right. So I guess let's just start by sharing your story a little bit. So
2:08.3	what does your husband do and kind of what are his hours? Okay. So yeah, my husband is an engineer
2:15.6	at a larger chemical and petroleum company. And so he works typically 12 hour days. And then
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