Thursday, October 31, 2013

Last thoughts on being a PW... well at least for now anyway...


So let’s do it—full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out.
Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going.
He always keeps his word.
Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching.
 –Hebrews 10:22-25




When I started writing on this topic in October, I wasn’t really sure how or where it would go. It’s been a surprising journey. I learned quite a lot about myself… some good… some not so much. But maybe most importantly, despite the shaky beginning, I have come to realize that I actually love being a pastor’s wife & maybe even more astonishing, I actually love almost everything about ministry. Gasp! 

As I finish up with this topic for a while, I can’t help but feel like I might actually be coming into my own as a PW… took me long enough don’tcha think? 

So in closing, I like to share three things with the congregation my husband serves:  

Thank you for encouraging me to be myself.  
It’s given me such freedom not only to embrace God’s calling for my life but has also given me so much pleasure to minister alongside you.

We are in this thing together.
Thru the ups & the downs, the highs & the lows, the joy & the pain, the tears & the laughter, thru the good, the bad, & yes, even the ugly. Both yours... & mine. 

& finally

I love you… 
More than you could ever know. 

“Love each other dearly always. 
There is scarcely anything else in the world but that: to love one another.”  
 -Victor Hugo

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