It is well known that pastors often face difficulties in church. We are often overworked, under-appreciated, and underpaid. We face pressures at church members, from church leaders and of course the spiritual real. Spiritual warfare is very real and it is ever more real in the life of pastors. Adding to all of these, the pastor’s call is not a 9-5 one. When taken seriously, it is a 24/7 job. So it is understandable that when we get home the last thing we want is to be burdened with inconsequential problems. Inconsequential to us… but that stuff you can her from most marriage counselors. I want you to think about something more obvious…
Our wives could have married a 9-5 guy. They could have married a plumber or an engineer or a banker. Instead they were faithful to God’s call and they married a pastor’s wife. Most of them knowing the difficulties that a pastor’s family endures. Knowing that a pastor’s life is not his own. Knowing the instability of a pastor’s life. Knowing all this, they still chose to us. For that alone they deserve our total commitment and dedication. They loved us at a cost to them.
