In the end, will it all have been worth the missed sports games, the absence of Daddy at the recital, the lost hours that might have been better spent merely being together to SHOW them "YOU MEAN MORE THAN ANYTHING TO ME!"? No, it won't. Not if your actions tell them something different. And at that point "it's my job" won't be medicine enough, because all they will hear is "I had better things to do". Quit your job if you have to, but don't fail raise your kids. Jobs and careers don't matter here; relationships and people do. Even more than that; family matters. And above that; God.
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My heart breaks for you as you struggle with this season of life, and I will continue to pray for God to strengthen you as you walk down this path. Scripture says that if a Christian man doesn't provide for his family, he's worse than an unbeliever. I wish more of us men would recognize, as you are, that "providing" without an appropriate investment of relationship in one's family is no provision at all. If a man needs to quit a time-intensive job (and find another source of income, of course) in order to ensure there is a daddy present in the family's lifestyle, then he should prayerfully do that, even if it goes against worldly standards and career ambitions.
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