Pastors Wives Find Help
As a Pastor’s wife, who can I confide in and know what I say will be kept confidential?
Life as a Pastor’s wife is like living in a glass house and the stress can become so overwhelming that if we don’t have a safe place to go, we will either become a fatality in ministry or become cynical and angry.
Care for Pastors is that safe place for wives of pastors. As a Pastor’s wife for 30+ years, I know exactly how you feel and we are here to help carry that load of stress. My husband, Ron, and I have been in ministry our entire married life of 32 years. We do not have all the answers, but we can be that safe place to turn in helping carry those day-to-day stresses of ministry life.
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I know how it feels to hear people falsely accuse me or my husband of things that all you can do is sit back and pray they will listen to truth and allow God to touch their hearts. Trying to defend ourselves at times only makes things worse. God knows the lies and the truth and He will take care of it. It’s during those times that we have to sit quietly and bite our tongues that we sure could use a listening ear. However, we can’t go to a church member for that sounding board, so where do we turn?
As the wife of a pastor, I know how it feels to constantly be trying to live up to others expectations.
We must realize that God is the only one that we need to try to please, and that no matter how hard we try there will always be those that feel like we need to do more. I want to encourage you to find your place of ministry and not feel guilty about saying “no” to other areas. Allow God to place you in the areas He wants you serving and realize you don’t have to do everything or be everything to everybody.
Please don’t try to carry the stress alone, allow us to come alongside you and encourage you as you serve the Lord and as you are your husband’s help-mate. You are a precious and valuable part of ministry and we don’t want you to feel alone. Please e-mail me at rodetta (at) careforpastor.org or call at 352-728-8179. Schedule a free, confidential meeting and we’ll talk through what you need to start down a road to healing and recovery.
