“He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord.” (Proverbs 18:22)
And, may we add, the minister who finds a woman called by God as a pastor’s wife has found a very good thing indeed.
The role of a pastor’s wife is a unique ministry. Nothing else like it.
My friend Iris, the widow of a beloved pastor, sent me a note this week that went something like this:
“This pastor’s wife had some interesting conversations with God when my college-age daughter burst into the house saying God had called her to be a pastor’s wife. Later, when she began dating Chris, who was majoring in criminal justice and hoping to work with the border patrol, I asked her if she planned to tell him he was going to become a pastor. She smiled, ‘No. I’m going to let God do that.’ And lo and behold, He did. Chris is going to become a pastor.”
Iris has more than an inkling of what her daughter has in store. And so, she prays.
My pastor’s wife is Terri and, as I write this, she’s out of the country on a mission trip and can’t stop me from doing this. (smiley-face goes here)