Is a balanced life possible?

T Time: Spiritual conversations For, With and About Women.

Life will quickly pull you this way and that without even asking for permission. So how do you achieve a balanced life for yourself and support the same for those around you? In this episode of T Time, we're talking ALL THINGS BALANCE to free you up to achieve more in your home, work, ministry, marriage and personal life.

00:27 Twanna welcomes listeners and introduces this episode's guest, Charleen Anderson.

01:51 Balancing all of the demands of life is complicated. Twanna asks Charleen to impart her wisdom as a pastor's wife, mother, working woman, etc., on balancing life with so much going on.

03:02 Charlene references Proverbs 10:27, saying, "Reverence for God adds hours to each day."

05:05 Twanna comments that we sometimes focus so much on the wrong things that we miss how God provides for us in the middle of our business.

06:48 Charleen sheds light on a common theme in many pastors' wives: the feeling of inadequacy, but through time she has learned the importance of being herself in that role. When she was herself, she saw how God would give her the ability to do things she couldn't have done on her own.

11:14 Charleen has noticed a trend in most ministry marriages. They happen right after college; they get married and immediately begin their work in ministry, and have babies. The couples do not give enough time to get to know one another.

13:07 "Having a strong marriage gives confidence to the church" - Charleen Anderson

14:40 Twanna asks Charleen how she could get to know some people from the congregation on a more authentic level?

19:43 It was important for Charleen to impress on her children the benefits of being a pastor's kid.

21:27 Charleen points out the importance of building a solid, teamwork mentality with your spouse from the start.

22:49 Twanna asks Charleen to advise how other pastors' wives can successfully support their husbands?

32:32 Charlene shares one of her favorite portions of scripture from 1 Samuel 30.

35:32 Charlene closes in prayer.

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