{"id":21900,"date":"2010-02-02T21:08:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T03:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=21900"},"modified":"2020-04-28T21:22:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T02:22:24","slug":"the-article-on-being-a-preachers-wife-was-just-what-i-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-article-on-being-a-preachers-wife-was-just-what-i-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"The article on being a preacher&#8217;s wife was just what I needed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Recently I read your article on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-blessings-of-being-a-preachers-wife\/\">The Blessings of Being a Preacher\u2019s Wife<\/a>&#8221; and I just want to tell you that I have been so blessed by it.<\/p>\n<p>In two months I am getting married to a preacher myself, so I was going through the internet such articles. All that you mentioned in the article were the exact doubts I had. I sensed such a joy even reading the article.<\/p>\n<p>I have had people telling me all the time to be careful, as I am marrying a preacher, &#8220;life is going be lonely, tiring, etc.,&#8221; but I believe that the Lord will not allow me to go through something that I cannot bear. I know His plans are the best, even though I do have insecurities, I am sure I will overcome this.<\/p>\n<p>So is there any advice you would like to give me?<\/p>\n<p>Keep me in your prayers too.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad you found this article to be useful. Sister Barbara left this world back in 1985. You can read a bit more about her life in the article that Truth Magazine published after her death: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/truthmagazine.com\/archives\/volume29\/GOT029118.html\">Obituary: Barbara C. Adams Goes To Her Reward<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently I read your article on &#8220;The Blessings of Being a Preacher\u2019s Wife&#8221; and I just want to tell you that I have been so blessed by it. In two months I am getting married to a preacher myself, so I was going through the internet such articles. 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