Comments on: Confessions of a Pastor’s Wife

By: SelahV

SelahV — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:35:23 +0000

Catherine, Thanks so very much for your kind words. Bertha Smith was a giant among women. Boldness beyond words. I’ll always cherish my memories of her influence in my life. selahV

By: Catherine D'Amico

Catherine D'Amico — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:59:44 +0000

Dear Selah,

Praise the Lord for your message. Many of us as pastor’s wives have had to learn these lessons in the fire.

Miss Bertha touched many of our lives – all for the good. My husband and I are blessed to have DVD’s of Miss Bertha’s teaching and have republished her book “How the Spirit Filled My Life”. God is still using her message to touch lives.

God bless you as you share your message. It truly blessed my heart this morning. Please keep encouraging.

Thank you!
Catherine

By: SelahV

SelahV — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:39:50 +0000

Hello Amy, you are entirely welcome. Through the years as a minister’s wife, I often wrestled with who I was and how I fit. I so wanted to love each person like God wanted me to. He gave me so much to give away. I told our people I would love them as much as they’d let me. Some let me love them alot, some not at all. The real challenge and test came in understanding how to accept people where they are and most of all accept myself where I was…in Christ, under His grace and held in the Sovereingty of His steadfast love. thanks for sharing with me. selahV

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:07:06 +0000

Thank you so much for this post. As a pastor’s wife I understand what it is like to go through each phase of discovering who you are in Christ. This is heartfelt and honest, and I appreciate your willingness to bear your feelings and experiences before us. It has blessed me in a great way. We pastor’s wives need to know that others are going through the same valleys and over the mountian tops. Thanks!

By: SelahV

SelahV — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:21:42 +0000

Les, it has been made available to all pastors and their wives. It’s here for all the world to see. Some others have shared similar thoughts with me regarding seminary wives. Wherever God takes it is fine with me. I wrote it because of Him and all He’s shown me and taught me along the way. I’ve cast the bread upon the waters. selahV

By: SelahV

SelahV — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:17:04 +0000

David, I just pray it makes a difference wherever it goes. thanks for sharing it with others. selahV

By: Les Puryear

Les Puryear — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:36:53 +0000

This needs to be made available to all pastors and their wives everywhere. Also, I think this would be good reading for seminary wives as well.

Les

By: volfan007

volfan007 — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:14:10 +0000

selah,

this was excellent. in fact, i copied this and emailed it to all of my email buddies. who knows, this may go to thousands and thousands of people before all is said and done. you know how things get going around the net! i hope that it does, and i pray that it will help people to understand.

thanks for writing this and sharing your heart with us.

david

By: SelahV

SelahV — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:56:04 +0000

David, I wanted to resign as “the preacher’s wife” so many times I lost count. I really thought God made a great mistake by calling me to be my husband’s partner. He deserved so much better than me. I often felt that way for our flock, too. What blessings I would have missed had God accepted my resignation. selahV

By: David R. Brumbelow

David R. Brumbelow — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:31:23 +0000

SelahV,
Yours is a much needed post for pastors wives out there. They have one of the toughest jobs in the world. And one of the most honorable. I’m convinced God has a special reward in Heaven for the faithful pastor‘s wife.
To the laypeople – you will never know what she goes through. Love her, pray for her, and encourage her.
To the pastors – don’t neglect your church, but put her before your church.
David R. Brumbelow