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Key Bible Verse: And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it (Luke 12:29). Bonus Reading: Matthew 6:24-33

When Roy Neel served as deputy chief of staff in the Clinton administration, he worked 55 hours each week and was always on call. Newsweek (March 6, 1995) quotes Neel: "I got downright tired of being tethered to my beeper 24 hours a day."

An episode with Walter, his nine-year-old son, convinced him that work, even for the President of the United States, wasn't worth the price. Walter and his dad were heading out the door for a long-promised baseball game when the phone rang. It was the President. Little Walter was not impressed. When Neel looked up an hour later, Walter was gone. He had bummed a ride with a neighbor.

"Our society is schizophrenic," says Neel. "We praise people who want to balance their lives, but reward those who work themselves to death." Neel listened to his wake-up call and found a path to success wide enough for Walter and the rest of his family, friends, and fun.

If I were to be hit and killed by a big truck today, I'd be replaced at work tomorrow. But I'll never be replaced at home. I'd be missed there forever. Stop giving your family the leftovers of yourselves.

—Jeff Conley in The Christian Businessman

• What part of your life does your family get?

Thought to Apply: I've been working all my life, but somehow it seems longer.

—ROBERT ORBEN

Credits: Adapted from—Wednesday: The Christian Businessman (3-4/99)

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