Echad Covenant Ministries

Most men don’t walk away because they stop loving their family. They walk away because they get tired of carrying weight alone. I’ve been working from home since COVID changed everything. I took a technical assisting job with General Motors and worked it for years. From the outside, it looked responsible. Stable. But inside, something was missing. I tried other remote jobs. Then I built my own business rebuilding transmissions—real work, real risk. After a year of trials, I found myself searching again, trying to figure out how to provide without losing the life I’ve built with my family. And here’s the part that surprised me: Being home changed me. I haven’t been away from my family in five years. Even leaving for groceries can feel heavy. Not because I’m weak—but because presence rewired me. But with that presence came pressure. Pressure to provide. Pressure to lead. Pressure to be a biblical husband and father when marriage isn’t always easy. And there have been moments—real ones—where divorce felt close. Not explosive. Quiet. Exhausting. And as a man trying to follow Christ, that creates a deeper battle. Because Scripture doesn’t give us permission to quit when things get hard. Ephesians 5 doesn’t say “love your wife when it’s convenient.” It says lay your life down. That’s not poetry. That’s death to self. Some days, biblical manhood feels less like strength and more like endurance. Like staying when escape is available. Like obedience when nobody claps. But Scripture says: “Let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” (Galatians 6:9) Men don’t need more hype. They need permission to admit they’re tired—and courage to stay anyway. If you’re still standing today, even imperfectly, God sees it. And it counts.