Sometimes in teaching our children a skill we need a little extra help. I am a method person. If you give me a list of instructions I can follow them, but since there isn’t an instruction book for parenting it  often feels like being thrown out of a plane without a parachute.

Each of my children needs to be parented differently and they learn differently. When Adam was in kindergarten, it was time for him to learn to tie his shoes. I used all the tricks in my bag, and we were getting no where but frustrated. We even enlisted the help of his big brothers, but still no success.

I decided I needed to look for other resources to help him and found these books. I bought both books and let him decide which one he liked best. We carried the book with us in the car and he would practice constantly. In a couple days he was tying his shoes.

Maybe these resources will help your child graduate from Velcro.

So I have made it 6 months as the senior pastors wife and haven’t been fired. I wonder if any senior pastor’s wife has ever been fired. I used my old friend google and only found results of “pastors and their wives being fired from churches, shootings, and being fired up.” Since google seems to be the authority on all things relevant, then I guess I would have to say no.

The last 6 months has been a journey for me. Being a pastor’s wife for 14 years I thought I had this thing down pat, but it’s different when your husband is leading the whole thing and you are with him.  There are some areas in my life where God has been cautioning me.

One area is about positional pride. It is very easy to say, “I’m the senior pastor’s wife I shouldn’t be doing that.” I believe that thought is a lie the enemy brings as a vehicle for pride. My heart has been to do what ever is needed no matter the job and that shouldn’t change now.

Jesus is the best example of the leader I want to be. He came to earth in the form of man and washed the the nasty feet of his disciples. This job was for the lowest servant in the house, and Jesus the son of God did it. Wow! 

I want to have a heart quick to serve no matter the task.