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                              Just Who Are We?

 

Who are we, as ministers wives?  Are we the saints that we let others see?  Or are we in a shell that we close ourselves up in ?  Could we be both at once?  We look at ourselves in the mirror, and a complete stranger looks back at us.

 

But ministers wives, being whatever it is to each individual minister's wife, most of us would not change our position, even if we could.  While we might not like all of the conditions which surround our work, we do enjoy and love being with people and having the privilege of shaping and helping lives, being a co-laborer in the kingdom of God, and knowing we are a part of our husband's ministry.

 

We are women in a key position in the church.  As such we dare not minimize our role.  Whether we like it or not, what we are and the manner in which we conduct ourselves will reflect upon our husband's ministry.  We are an extension of what his ministry represents.  Many times people will judge our husband's character and ministry by our reputation.  I don't know of any other profession that places spouses under a greater load, in respect to actions, than does the ministry.  But at the same time, I can think of nothing better than having the privilege of working with people watching them grow and mature as Christians.

 

 

            

So when I say we, as ministers wives do desire to be

our own person, do our own thing, yet because of the special calling of our husbands, we must at times, be all things to all people, if you know what I mean! Paul tells us in I Corinthians:

 

 

 I Corinthians 9:19-  19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to
Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

 

            

While we minister wives rejoice in our churches of

today that tend to let us be free and to be our- selves, we must be careful to let our light shine out to our parishoners that we are first and foremost dedicated to our Lord Jesus Christ and HIS WORD that tells us to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and to love one another. 

 

 

             Being married to a minister does not make us superior Christians at all. As wives of ministers, our calling is not clergywomen, but homemaker. We have a responsbility to our minister husband, because the home is where he  will be strengthened or weakened; it is in the minister's home that he himself finds harmony or discord.

 

 

             We, as ministers wives, also have a responsibility to others. The extent to which we are able to give of ourselves to others differs with each minister's wife and her walk with the Lord. Jesus told in one of His parables about a nobleman who gave each one of ten servants a pound (money).  Each servant was free to choose what he would do with the pound. We are given responsibility of one life and we also are free to choose how we will spend our life. If we accept as a husband a man who is in the ministry, it is our responsibility to accept also complexities in the ministry by marriage.

 

 

            One servant in the above parable said, "Lord, here is your pound.  I was afraid I would lose it so hid it away. (Luke 19:20,21) This servant accepted the pound to begin with, but would not risk investing it, so nothing was added to its value.  We can, our- selves, be just like that servant with his pound, we can go through the motions of life, be born, marry, rear children, grow old, and die, never having been.  We can accept life, scurrying her and there like the ants do, letting our doing bury our being.

 
            There is another servant tho that was mentioned in this parable, who increased the value of his pound tenfold!  He possibly could have made some weak trades along with strong ones along the way, but he wasn't afraid to risk.  We too, can add meaning to our existence by risking being our selves to our doing. We learn that in some ways we are worse than we like to pretend, but in other ways we find that we are better than we had realized.  Our weaknesses become more vivid, but so do our strengths.  As we become  we can offer to humanity our selves along with our deeds.  We begin to give of ourselves to others, and in the process we add living to life.

 
           

Prayer:

Precious heavenly Father, we give You Praise, Honor and Glory.  We thank You for the many daily blessings of life that You bestow upon us.

Help us, as your representatives here on earth,

to let Your Son Jesus Christ live in us, letting His words and His ways shine forth through us, and  letting His love shine out from us to hurting humanity, to help those of whom You have given us responsibility for in our churches.

 

 

Help us as ministers wives, with Your help, to strive to be an excellent example of what a Christian lady should be under any and all circumstances that comes our way, knowing that the JOY OF THE LORD is our strength.       

 
               

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