On that Note . . .

I am so glad that Jeanne talked about encouragement yesterday in her blog. I want to just take the opportunity today to follow up on her words and see if I can't encourage you.

You may not have signed up for this role. You may not have known what you were getting into when you married that man of yours. You may not have married that man you did, had you but known. Yet, God placed you with him and put the two of you exactly where you are. It wasn't a mistake or an oversight. It was His will.

• Thank you for handling yourself with such grace and dignity when those around you are acting anything but Christian.
• Thank you for sharing your husband with those who don't appreciate him, much less you.
• Thank you for sacrificing some family time and date nights for the good of the Church.
• Thank you for living in your fishbowl in such a way that brings honor to your husband and glory to God.
• Thank you for praying for your husband and supporting his ministry, especially in the face of opposition.
• Thank you for all the "hats" you wear at church, doing all the jobs that mostly go unnoticed and unappreciated until they don't get done.
• Thank you for being an example of Godly wife, mother and Christian.
• Thank you for what you do.
• Thank you for being who you are.
• Thank you for being a minister's wife.

No one else may say thank you. Your husband may not even tell you of his gratitude. But as a church member and minister's wife myself, I appreciate you.