This book was written by the wife of a pastor. The book contains experiences both awesome and belittling that has helped to shape her life and ministry.<br><br>It goes on to explain that many of things that people see of the pastors wife is only a charade and not a true reflection of the life that the pastor's wife really lives.<br><br>The book also brings about an awareness of how pastors wives feel, are treated, and ways in which aspiring pastors wives can prepare themselves for ministry.
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Hester Z. Philbert. The Ecstasy and Agony
Introduction
Foreword
Acknowledgement
Chapter 1. So you want to be a Pastor’s wife?
Chapter 2. How to become a Pastor’s wife
Chapter 3. The Ecstasy. Your life as the pastor’s wife
In the limelight?
Chapter 4. The Agony
Chapter 5. Such a Lonely life
Chapter 6. What about the children
Chapter 7. How can one help to prepare a lady to become the pastors’ wife?
Chapter 8. Some Admonitions
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As a little girl, growing into your teenage years, a young lady thinks of the time when she will walk down the aisles of the church “a blushing bride”. She thinks about the many fairy tale that end “and they lived happily ever after and the girl looks forward to that as well.
Some girls feel like the ugly duckling and long for the day when the swan will come and show they how to fly so that they can soar away to better living conditions than their parents could afford. Others await their time when like Cinderella they will be swept away by the handsome prince to live “happily ever after.
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I have often said that children and teen-agers are not responsible for where their parents have put them to live; neither are they responsible for the conditions under which their parents have raised them; however, they will be responsible for the course their lives take later. My explanation of the statement is that once a person, in this case a young lady, would have completed her education and chosen her career and life style, it will be totally up to her to lift her standard of living, and ensure that she does not bring children into the world to suffer under similar conditions to herself. It is amazing to see young ladies who grew up in abusive homes continue to live in abusive homes for themselves. Young ladies tend to be attracted to men much like their fathers, so it is advisable that before a wedding is being planned that the parties involved make it their duty to study their potential in-laws. Observe them, unaware to them, so that the true picture can be seen and assessed.
This book is written especially for young ladies who plan to or would like to marry a pastor. Marrying a pastor seems like and esteemed position; it has its bright days and its down side. It is note-worthy that a pastor takes four years’ and at least a bachelor’s degree before he can be considered for the position as a pastor, but not one takes any time to prepare the wife of the pastor for her “ministry” as the pastor’s wife.
