I just returned from having lunch with one of my daughter-in-laws
and one of her friends who just happens to be a pastor’s life. I have made another big discovery. God created chocolate so pastors’ wives can
deal with preacher’s kids (PKs).
Today, as we were eating at Chick-fil-a and laughing, another
young mom approached the young pastor’s wife at my table and said, “I believe
your son may be naked in the playground.”
Well, of course I just died laughing which was probably not appropriate
at the moment. The poor young pastor’s
wife just got that mortified look in her eyes and darted to the playground
area. There she found her two and half
year old son stripped to his birthday suit.
As she began redressing and lecturing him on staying clothed, her son
proudly announced, “I still have my socks on.”
By now I am doubled over in giggles. First we are in a restaurant (Christian at
that) and second the naked child on the playground is a PK. I don’t know but the scene just made perfect
sense to me.
Life happens in the ministry. Sometimes life is quite messy. A wayward teen becomes involved with the
wrong crowd. A ministry couple struggles
in their marriage. You name it. It just gets messy. Ministry can also be quite comical. The pastor gets tongue tied and instead of
saying he is taking “blood pressure medicine” announces the doctor put him on “birth
control pills.” (Yep, this really
happened). Perhaps the music minister is
singing one song and the pianist is playing another. Of course, sometimes PKs just stripped to
their birthday suits at Chick-fil-a.
The important thing to remember real life happens in the
ministry just like it happens to your congregation.
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