Life changes - many times and in so many directions -
and rightly so since change is the only constant thing in life.
I am continually amused and amazed how a lot of women (and men) start off as the wife (or husband) of an "everyday person" and wake up one morning as the spouse of a Pastor or a minister of the gospel...you'd think they saw that coming. I guess that's another way we know that we're not God Who knows the end from the beginning. Before I continue, let me take a moment to assure you (as God has assured me more than once):
Indeed, it is one thing to knowingly get married to someone who is already a Pastor or even to someone who is upfront in telling you that he/she has been called to (full-time) ministry. It's a totally different ball game to find out several years, months or even weeks after marriage that you are now married to a Pastor...or shall I say the person you married is now a Pastor.
Whichever way, your Pastor now lives with you and that changes things or shall a say, some things need to change. Personally, I knew in advance but I've had to make some conscious life and "style" changes. I was very conscious and cautious about the changes made so I do not lose the essence of who I am.
In wondering how other Pastors' wives are doing, I was led to set up this blog - so we have our "space" to have our say as we connect & learn from each other.
Your future will be brighter by far than your past.
(Job 8:7 - Contemporary English Version)
I will bless you with a future filled with hope -
a future of success, not of suffering.
(Jer 29:11- Contemporary English Version)
Indeed, it is one thing to knowingly get married to someone who is already a Pastor or even to someone who is upfront in telling you that he/she has been called to (full-time) ministry. It's a totally different ball game to find out several years, months or even weeks after marriage that you are now married to a Pastor...or shall I say the person you married is now a Pastor.
Whichever way, your Pastor now lives with you and that changes things or shall a say, some things need to change. Personally, I knew in advance but I've had to make some conscious life and "style" changes. I was very conscious and cautious about the changes made so I do not lose the essence of who I am.
In wondering how other Pastors' wives are doing, I was led to set up this blog - so we have our "space" to have our say as we connect & learn from each other.So feel free to send this link to any Mrs. Pastors (or Pastor Mrs) you know.
You never know who you will bless or encourage with your experiences and advice or whose experiences or advice will encourage and bless you.
You never know who you will bless or encourage with your experiences and advice or whose experiences or advice will encourage and bless you.
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