Confessions of a Pastor’s Wife: The Very Best Things.

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This is my confession. This is my flash light shining on what it’s really like to be a pastor’s wife. Granted, maybe I’m not exactly the average woman married to a pastor, but I bet if you set my lists up against another, you’d be shocked to see how very alike we are.

I would like to continue my confessions with the very best things about being married to a pastor. If you missed the last blog in this series, Confessions of a Pastor’s Wife: What People Don’t Know, click the link, check it out, and leave your thoughts. I love to hear from people who read A White Stone Blog! And by the way, I don’t say this enough, but thanks for reading!

Here is my confession, and in no particular order:

The Top 5 Very Best Things About Being a Pastor’s Wife:

1. The Adventure.

My husband is a college/young adult’s pastor for North, a ministry of Trinity Fellowship Church. Being David’s wife has me leading a more adventurous life than I ever imagined. Together David and I have led people who attend the ministry all over the world with the mission of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and loving people. We’ve built houses in the most dangerous city in the world. I’ve taught young children about Jesus while David preached a sermon to their parents in a tiny village in Malawi, Africa. I’ve put together a VBS for trip we led to Managua, Nicaragua. And these are just the adventures we’ve had outside of the States!

Really every day is adventure, because every day we’ve decided to center our lives around the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ. We are enamored by it. We are driven by it. The Gospel dictates everything that we do, every conversation we have, and ever day that we breath. There is so much purpose and adventure in living a life like that! I’m so thankful for a husband that is motivated by such a wonderful cause. He excites me about the exciting life that is gospel-centered!

2. Straight From The Heart.

Being in ministry with my husband taps into the greatest passions of my heart. It isn’t often that a person’s vocation is actually their heart’s passion. But there is a certainly indescribable fulfillment that happens when you get to do what you are passionate about.

While David and I’s roles in ministry don’t look the same, they bond into one work together. My greatest passions are Jesus, David, and people. Anything that involves those three things taps into a deep place in my heart. My role (or I guess job as David’s wife) isn’t something I do begrudgingly or out of necessity. It’s actually a deeply fulfilling “job” that I am very, very passionate about. It’s one of the most fulfilling things I do in my life.

3. Involves The People You Love The Most.

Similarly, this adventurous role that I am so passionate about actually involves my favorite person in the world. Being a support, help, encourager, counselor, friend, and co-laborer for the person I love the most in the world is wonderful!

I am so proud of my husband. He’s a wonderful husband and a wonderful pastor. It’s so humbling to see why my husband is such a wonderful pastor. This man, that I truly aspire to be like, loves pastoring people because he loves Jesus. And he loves Jesus because he is fully aware of how much Jesus has loved him. He’s knows how much grace and love and sacrifice that Jesus has poured out on his life, and that drives him to love Jesus and consequently be passionate about his profession as a pastor.

I’m honored to love and care for the man that is that kind of leader. And that’s one reason being his wife is so great!

4. It’s An Honor.

Being the wife of pastor and being in ministry is, in my opinion, a great honor and responsibility. All Christians are called to represent Christ and to fulfill His ministry on this earth, but pastor’s have the rep of being the guy that’s out front. That’s at least how they are viewed. And I view it as an honor and responsibility to represent the God that has loved me so much. I hope that my husband, my life, my marriage, and my family can represent the kind of love and sacrifice that I’ve experienced through my relationship with Jesus.

5. It’s The Most Rewarding Job On The Planet.

It’s true, being a pastor’s wife has to be the most rewarding job on the planet. I’m joined to the greatest purpose in life imaginable, invested in precious people, and have a front row seat to see God move on this earth. I can’t imagine doing anything else with my one and only life.

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Want to read more on this topic? Check out Ron Edmondson’s blog post, “Honoring A Pastor’s Wife.”