Things You Should Know About Your Pastor's Wife

In no particular order of importance, here's a few universal things you should know about your pastor's wife:

1. She has given her life to God and to service. She loves her Savior.
2. If God has called her husband to ministry, He has also called her. Different roles but she is in ministry because she loves God and wants to serve Him, not because of some martyrdom duty to her husband.
3. When you cut her, she bleeds. She is not invincible.
4. When you are cruel to her husband, she immediately moves to protective mode. As hard as she tries not to take it personally, many times that's an impossibility.
5. She will fail you, disappoint you, or not meet your expectation(s). Maybe all three. It's not that she wants to or intends to, but like you, she is human. No perfect people allowed.
6. She needs and wants friends. Her avenue to make friends is not the same as yours and in some ways she must guard what God has entrusted to her. But she needs some girls.
7. She's been given huge responsibility and is accountable for much.
8. She is tired. Really tired.
9. The spiritual warfare directed at her is unbelievable. It's on a level all its own. She needs encouragement and love....but mostly, prayer.
10. She needs a day off once in a while.