Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Hilarious!

I got this in an email last week, and it made me laugh very, very, very hard. As a former pastor's wife, I can relate all too well!



There was one time that John mentioned in a sermon that our house was a mess and he had to iron his own shirts. It was, in fact, very true. It was also true that I had a 10-month-old baby, was pregnant with child #2, and had a serious bout of morning all-day sickness. The upside of him sharing that was that an older lady in our congregation hired a lady to come clean and iron for me every week. "Miss Janie" came every week for almost 3 years! Man, I miss those days! What a blessing that was.

So, see, it's not always bad!

11 comments:

Gina said...

So, so ,so ,so glad I'm not married to a man in the public eye! I don't really think I would actually have anything to worry about though. He's a great guy.

Tricia said...

Tooo funny!! I had to send it to a my preachers wife friend.....

Jennifer said...

Ok, that was funny! I can imagine this for any public office too. LOL

Thanks for the laugh today!

Betsy said...

Too funny!!! I am a pastor's daughter so I have been in many a sermon illustration, too. I'll have to pass this along to my brother's wife. She will totally relate since he is one of those pastors whom I call a "confessional" preacher. Their illustrations are always about their own lives. :)

Stephanie Kay said...

As a PK, I laughed my head off through this video. There are somethings you just don't need the entire congregation knowing when you are a teenage girl!

Kelly said...

I sort of feel the same way as a PK. My dad would always talk about us and then everyone in the church would look at us to see our reactions. And everytime we go home - he recognizes us which embarrasses me to death. And I know he talks about me from the pulpit still because people in town always seem to know a lot about me. ha!

Marc and Charity said...

Oh, this was cute, made me chuckle! I stopped for a break in the moving process to check your blog and it was good laugh! Thanks! ;)

Kim Heinecke said...

This is SO funny. I'm sending it to my mom who is the Music Minister's wife...so very funny!

His Girl said...

purely hysterical!

Jenn said...

This cracked me up! I am going to have to pass this on to my mom. :o)

Coming from a pastor's home I know all too personally that the stories extend past the wife! We would DIE when my dad would share stories about my brothers and I. Ugh.

Jennifer said...

Mer, How do you post a YouTube video to the blog?? I us blogger too but can't figure out how to do this. Thanks!