My Life as a Pastor's Wife

"God has called you to ...what? Are you sure?" I asked my husband, as I was really thinking, "You've got to be kidding me!" There is NO WAY God has called ME to be a pastor's wife.

That was almost 4 years ago. And you know what? I AM a pastor's wife now. Through all of the struggles, trials, selfish desires (I still struggle with those) God closed all doors to attending a church and opened the opportunity for us to start a new work in His name. What does a pastor's wife look like anyway? I think there's a stereotypical idea of what we look like, how we should act or behave. I know that I am not what I imagined as a youth what a pastor's wife looked like, but here I am! Maybe that's another area in my life that needs to change as well.

One thing I do know is that God convicts me-- DAILY! God teaches me through my personal bible readings or my husband but mostly through my children. I am especially convicted through my daughter who acts just like me. What am I teaching her? What legacy am I leaving behind for her to carry on? I see her do things and think, You just did that same thing, Michele! The children see me do things or NOT do things and imitate that behavior. I have changed many things because of that.

Because of this new path in my life where God is convicting me daily, I have made some new goals. Some are mundane daily work and others are spiritual/personal goals. But, I hope I am able to accomplish these in the next month:

*Get up early to pray and spend time with my husband before he leaves to go to work
*Stay up to spend time with the family (those first two will happen when I get my blood sugars under control)
*Get my blood sugar under control so it does not interfere with my daily activity and health
*Manage our days to accomplish as much in our day as possible, including doctor's appointments, babysitting, grocery shopping, library trips, gardening, etc.
*Plan our school week on Sunday evenings
*Help w/ Garden work

I think I will start with that! I will let you know how it goes as I journey on this path that God has me on.

Michele