The Preachers Wife

There is a lady in most every church

who gives God all her life:

Each day she lives in serving Him,

She is the preacher's wife.

There are very few who see the heart

Beyond the smiling face,

Her burdens and the work she does ~

No one could take her place.

Her ministries are many,

Sometimes washing dirty clothes,

Wiping dishes, spills and tears,

Or the baby's nose.

A kind word of love or comfort,

Or some steaming dish of food,

Sharing tears and laughter,

And speaking just the good.

She might sing and play piano,

Or teach in Sunday School,

She may type the preacher's letters,

And make sure his coffee's full.

There are many jobs she sees to

That the members could have done,

There are many night's she's weary 

At the setting of the sun. 

But where she specializes

Is the man who is her life;

Her first responsibility,

For she's the preacher's wife.

She prays him through the worst times,

And cheers him through the best,

She does things the way he likes them, 

And fills his each request.

She tells him all his sermons

Are the best she's ever heard.

And she's proud that he is faithful

In the preaching of God's Word.

She assures him that his coat and tie

Are the world's most perfect match,

She tells him that he's handsome 

And she's glad that he's attached.

She carries all his children

'Neath her heart then in her arms; 

She nurses them through illness,

And checks that they are warm.

She teaches them of Jesus' love

And leads them to the Lord,

She teaches them to say,

"We've got the best Daddy in the world!"

She lives life in a hurry,

Sometimes without life's finer things,

But without one time complaining,

She accepts what praying brings.

There's a time of great rewarding

When we reach the end of life,

And only then the world will know

The greatness of the preacher's wife.

I'm not sure who wrote this.  {I tried to google it, but couldn't find it.}  Someone gave me this poem when my husband was pastoring his first church in Georgia.  I hoped someone would get a blessing out of it.

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